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No such person who serves for four or more hours, including travel time, on his day of service shall be required to start any work shift that begins on or after 5:00 p.m. on the day of his service or begins before 3:00 a.m. on the day following the day of his service. Any employer violating the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a Class 3 misdemeanor.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":278374,"text":"Any person who serves as a member of a local electoral board, a deputy general registrar, or an officer of election shall neither be discharged from employment nor have any adverse personnel action taken against him, nor shall he be required to use sick leave or vacation time, as a result of his absence from employment due to his service at a polling place on election day or at a meeting of the electoral board following the election to ascertain the results of such election pursuant to \u00a7 24.2-671, provided that he gave reasonable notice to his employer of such service. No such person who serves for four or more hours, including travel time, on his day of service shall be required to start any work shift that begins on or after 5:00 p.m. on the day of his service or begins before 3:00 a.m. on the day following the day of his service. 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This law was first created in 2020. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 838<\/a> of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. It has been modified 1 time. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. That modification is as follows: in 2022, chapter 140<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":63223,"section_number":"24.2-671","catch_line":"Electoral board to meet and ascertain results; conclusiveness of results","order_by":null,"url":"\/24.2-671\/"}],"permalink":{"id":187297,"object_type":"law","relational_id":77598,"identifier":"24.2-119.1","token":"24.2\/1\/6\/24.2-119.1","url":"\/24.2-119.1\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/24.2-119.1\/","token":"24.2\/1\/6\/24.2-119.1","dublin_core":{"Title":"Prohibition on discrimination in employment; penalty","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 24.2-119.1","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Any person who serves as a member of a local electoral board<\/span>, a deputy general registrar<\/span>, or an officer of election<\/span> shall neither be discharged from employment nor have any adverse personnel action taken against him, nor shall he be required to use sick leave or vacation time, as a result of his absence from employment due to his service at a polling place<\/span> on election day or at a meeting of the electoral board following the election to ascertain the results of such election pursuant to \u00a7 24.2-671<\/a>, provided that he gave reasonable notice to his employer of such service. No such person who serves for four or more hours, including travel time, on his day of service shall be required to start any work shift that begins on or after 5:00 p.m. on the day of his service or begins before 3:00 a.m. on the day following the day of his service. Any employer violating the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a Class 3 misdemeanor<\/span>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nPROHIBITION ON DISCRIMINATION IN EMPLOYMENT; PENALTY (\u00a7 24.2-119.1)\n\nAny person who serves as a member of a local electoral board, a deputy general\nregistrar, or an officer of election shall neither be discharged from employment\nnor have any adverse personnel action taken against him, nor shall he be\nrequired to use sick leave or vacation time, as a result of his absence from\nemployment due to his service at a polling place on election day or at a meeting\nof the electoral board following the election to ascertain the results of such\nelection pursuant to \u00a7 24.2-671, provided that he gave reasonable notice to his\nemployer of such service. No such person who serves for four or more hours,\nincluding travel time, on his day of service shall be required to start any work\nshift that begins on or after 5:00 p.m. on the day of his service or begins\nbefore 3:00 a.m. on the day following the day of his service. Any employer\nviolating the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a Class 3\nmisdemeanor.\n\nHISTORY: 2020, c. 838; 2022, c. 140.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}