                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

ELIGIBILITY FOR TRANSITIONAL SEVERANCE BENEFIT (§ 2.2-3202)

A. Any full-time employee of the Commonwealth (i) whose position is covered by
the Virginia Personnel Act (&#xA7; 2.2-2900 et seq.), (ii) whose position is
exempt from the Virginia Personnel Act pursuant to subdivisions 2, 4 (except
those persons specified in subsection C of this section), 7, 15 or 16 of &#xA7;
2.2-2905, (iii) who is employed by the State Corporation Commission, (iv) who is
employed by the Virginia Workers&#8217; Compensation Commission, (v) who is
employed by the Virginia Retirement System, (vi) who is employed by the Virginia
Lottery, (vii) who is employed by the Medical College of Virginia Hospitals or
the University of Virginia Medical Center, (viii) who is employed at a state
educational institution as faculty (including, but not limited to, presidents
and teaching and research faculty) as defined in the Consolidated Salary
Authorization for Faculty Positions in Institutions of Higher Education,
1994-95, or (ix) whose position is exempt from the Virginia Personnel Act
pursuant to subdivision 3, 20, 23, or 28 of &#xA7; 2.2-2905; and (a) for whom
reemployment with the Commonwealth is not possible because there is no available
position for which the employee is qualified or the position offered to the
employee requires relocation or a reduction in salary and (b) whose involuntary
separation was due to causes other than job performance or misconduct, shall be
eligible, under the conditions specified, for the transitional severance benefit
conferred by this chapter. The date of involuntary separation shall mean the
date an employee was terminated from employment or placed on leave without
pay-layoff or equivalent status.

B. An otherwise eligible employee whose position is contingent upon project
grants as defined in the Catalogue of Federal Domestic Assistance, shall not be
eligible for the transitional severance benefit conferred by this chapter unless
the funding source had agreed to assume all financial responsibility therefor in
its written contract with the Commonwealth.

C. Members of the Judicial Retirement System (&#xA7; 51.1-300 et seq.) and
officers elected by popular vote shall not be eligible for the transitional
severance benefit conferred by this chapter.

D. Eligibility shall commence on the date of involuntary separation.

E. Persons authorized by &#xA7; 2.2-106 or 51.1-124.22 to appoint a chief
administrative officer or the administrative head of an agency shall adhere to
the same criteria for eligibility for transitional severance benefits as is
required for gubernatorial appointees pursuant to subsection A.

HISTORY: 1995, cc. 152, 811, § 2.1-116.22; 2001, c. 844; 2002, c. 491; 2003, c.
782; 2006, cc. 813, 902; 2014, c. 225; 2017, cc. 359, 742.