Virginia Decodedhttps://vacode.org657782.2-2900Short title; purpose202510.1-160215.2-5405.115.2-6314.116.1-23316.1-23516.1-23616.1-236.116.1-23816.1-69.392.2-1032.2-22152.2-22442.2-23252.2-23362.2-23642.2-23692.2-23762.2-27432.2-28122.2-30022.2-32022.2-6022.2-80422.1-34622.1-346.222.1-34923.1-101123.1-102123.1-102223.1-102323.1-102623.1-240623.1-242723.1-290823.1-80923.1-81224.2-10328.2-10013.2-27023.2-28053.2-29043.2-31053.2-350130-39132.1-122.7:232.1-297.133.2-299.136-10737.2-20037.2-70738.2-65114.1-101.0104.1-61745.2-210546.2-1503.251.1-124.2753.1-1053.1-1253.1-14053.1-14753.1-32.154.1-250558.1-21358.1-402462.1-132.663.2-21063.2-21263.2-2139.1-107Administration of GovernmentOrganization of State GovernmentState Officers and EmployeesVirginia Personnel Act

This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Virginia Personnel Act.” The purpose of this chapter is to ensure for the Commonwealth a system of personnel administration based on merit principles and objective methods of appointment, promotion, transfer, layoff, removal, discipline, and other incidents of state employment.

Code 1950, § 2-78; 1966, c. 677, § 2.1-110; 1970, c. 546; 2001, c. 844.