                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

LEAVE FOR VOLUNTEER FIRE AND VOLUNTEER EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES (§
2.2-2821.2)

State employees shall be allowed up to 24 hours of paid leave in any calendar
year, in addition to other paid leave, to serve with a volunteer fire department
or volunteer emergency medical services agency or auxiliary unit thereof that
has been recognized in accordance with § 15.2-955 by an ordinance or resolution
of the political subdivision where the volunteer fire department or volunteer
emergency medical services agency is located as being a part of the safety
program of such political subdivision. The Department shall develop personnel
policies providing for the use of such leave. For the purposes of this section,
&#8220;state employee&#8221; means any person who is regularly employed full
time on a salaried basis, whose tenure is not restricted as to temporary or
provisional appointment, in the service of, and whose compensation is payable,
no more often than biweekly, in whole or in part, by the Commonwealth or any
department, institution, or agency thereof.

HISTORY: 2001, c. 760, § 2.1-114.5:04; 2009, c. 457; 2015, cc. 502, 503.