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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>79471</law_id><section_number>51.1-154</section_number><catch_line>Compulsory service retirement</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="51.1">Pensions, Benefits, and Retirement</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="1">Virginia Retirement System</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="9">Benefits</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>Any <span class="dictionary">employer</span>, subsequent to the <span class="dictionary">employee</span>&#x2019;s <span class="dictionary">normal retirement date</span>, may provide for compulsory <span class="dictionary">service</span> retirement upon a determination that age is a bona fide occupational qualification reasonably necessary to the normal operation of the particular business or that an <span class="dictionary">employee</span> is incapable of performing his duties in a safe and efficient manner. Any such determination shall be made by the <span class="dictionary">employer</span>.</p></section></text><history>1952, c. 157, &#xA7; 51-111.54; 1954, c. 460; 1956, c. 458; 1958, c. 356; 1959, Ex. Sess., c. 59; 1966, c. 147; 1968, c. 177; 1970, c. 476; 1971, Ex. Sess., c. 185; 1972, c. 26; 1974, c. 353; 1975, c. 611; 1980, c. 595; 1982, c. 406; 1984, c. 430; 1987, c. 571; 1990, c. 832.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
