                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

LEAVES OF ABSENCE FROM NONGOVERNMENTAL EMPLOYMENT (§ 44-93.2)

A member of the Virginia National Guard or Virginia Defense Force, or a person
who is a member of the National Guard of another state and who is otherwise
employed in the Commonwealth, called to state active duty or military duty
pursuant to Title 32 of the United States Code shall have the right to take
leave without pay from his nongovernmental employment. No member of the National
Guard or Virginia Defense Force, or person who is a member of the National Guard
of another state, shall be forced to use or exhaust his vacation or other
accrued leaves from his nongovernmental employment for a period of active
service. The choice of leave shall be solely within the discretion of the
member.

HISTORY: 2002, c. 354; 2007, cc. 167, 214; 2011, cc. 572, 586; 2015, c. 221;
2016, c. 327; 2018, c. 216.