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No member of the National Guard or Virginia Defense Force, or person who is a member of the National Guard of another state, shall be forced to use or exhaust his vacation or other accrued leaves from his nongovernmental employment for a period of active service. The choice of leave shall be solely within the discretion of the member.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":254682,"text":"A member of the Virginia National Guard or Virginia Defense Force, or a person who is a member of the National Guard of another state and who is otherwise employed in the Commonwealth, called to state active duty or military duty pursuant to Title 32 of the United States Code shall have the right to take leave without pay from his nongovernmental employment. No member of the National Guard or Virginia Defense Force, or person who is a member of the National Guard of another state, shall be forced to use or exhaust his vacation or other accrued leaves from his nongovernmental employment for a period of active service. 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This law was first created in 2002. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 354<\/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 5 times. 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. Those modifications are as follows: in 2007, chapters 167<\/a> and 214<\/a>; in 2011, chapters 572<\/a> and 586<\/a>; in 2015, chapter 221<\/a>; in 2016, chapter 327<\/a>; in 2018, chapter 216<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":84987,"section_number":"44-93.5","catch_line":"Penalties for denial","order_by":null,"url":"\/44-93.5\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":221621,"object_type":"law","relational_id":70588,"identifier":"44-93.2","token":"44\/1\/10\/44-93.2","url":"\/44-93.2\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/44-93.2\/","token":"44\/1\/10\/44-93.2","dublin_core":{"Title":"Leaves of absence from nongovernmental employment","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 44-93.2","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A member of the Virginia National Guard or Virginia Defense Force, or a person who is a member of the National Guard of another state and who is otherwise employed in the Commonwealth, called to state active duty or military duty pursuant to Title 32 of the United States Code shall have the right to take leave without pay from his nongovernmental employment. No member of the National Guard or Virginia Defense Force, or person who is a member of the National Guard of another state, shall be forced to use or exhaust his vacation or other accrued leaves from his nongovernmental employment for a period of active service. The choice of leave shall be solely within the discretion of the member.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nLEAVES OF ABSENCE FROM NONGOVERNMENTAL EMPLOYMENT (\u00a7 44-93.2)\n\nA member of the Virginia National Guard or Virginia Defense Force, or a person\nwho is a member of the National Guard of another state and who is otherwise\nemployed in the Commonwealth, called to state active duty or military duty\npursuant to Title 32 of the United States Code shall have the right to take\nleave without pay from his nongovernmental employment. No member of the National\nGuard or Virginia Defense Force, or person who is a member of the National Guard\nof another state, shall be forced to use or exhaust his vacation or other\naccrued leaves from his nongovernmental employment for a period of active\nservice. The choice of leave shall be solely within the discretion of the\nmember.\n\nHISTORY: 2002, c. 354; 2007, cc. 167, 214; 2011, cc. 572, 586; 2015, c. 221;\n2016, c. 327; 2018, c. 216.","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}}