                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

LEAVES OF ABSENCE FOR EMPLOYEES OF COMMONWEALTH OR POLITICAL SUBDIVISIONS (§
44-204)

All officers and employees of the Commonwealth, or of any political subdivision
of the Commonwealth who are members of the Virginia Defense Force or National
Defense Executive Reserve shall be entitled to leaves of absence from their
respective duties without loss of pay, seniority, accrued leave, or efficiency
rating on all days during which they shall be engaged in training approved by
the Governor or his designee, not to exceed 21 workdays per federal fiscal year
unless such officer or employee is a professional firefighter. Any officer or
employee of the Commonwealth or of any political subdivision of the Commonwealth
who is a professional firefighter and a member of the Virginia Defense Force or
National Defense Executive Reserve shall receive paid leaves of absence for all
work hours that a leave of absence is required, regardless of whether such
amount of work hours exceeds 21 workdays per federal fiscal year but shall not
exceed a total of 388 work hours, during which such officer or employee who is a
professional firefighter shall be engaged in training approved by the Governor
or his designee. When relieved from any such duty, officers and employees
described in this section shall be restored to positions held by them when
ordered to duty.

HISTORY: 1938, p. 573; Michie Code 1942, § 2673(124); 1964, c. 227; 1986, c.
611; 2022, c. 430; 2024, cc. 184, 239.