Monday, September 8, 2008
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HB33: State employees; military leave of absence.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That § 44-93 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:
§ 44-93. Leaves of absence for employees of Commonwealth or political subdivisions.
A. All officers and employees of the Commonwealth or of any
political subdivision of the Commonwealth who are former members of the armed
services or members of the organized reserve forces of any of the armed
services of the United States, National Guard, or naval militia shall be
entitled to leaves of absence from their respective duties, without loss of
seniority, accrued leave, or efficiency rating, on all days during which they
are engaged in federally funded military duty, to include training duty, or
when called forth by the Governor pursuant to the provisions of § 44-75.1 or §
44-78.1. There shall be no loss of regular employer pay during such leaves of
absence, except that paid leaves of absence for federally funded military duty,
to include training duty, shall not exceed fifteen workdays per federal fiscal
year, and except that no officers or employees shall receive paid leave for
more than fifteen workdays per federally funded tour of active military duty.
When relieved from such duty, they shall be restored to positions held by them
when ordered to duty. If the office or position has been abolished or otherwise
has ceased to exist during such leave of absence, they shall be reinstated in a
position of like seniority, status and pay, if the position exists, or in a
comparable vacant position for which they are qualified, unless to do so would
be unreasonable. For the purposes of this section, with respect to employees of
the Commonwealth or its political subdivisions who do not normally work
approximately equal workdays on five or more days of each calendar week, the
term "workday" shall mean 1/260 of the
total working hours such employee would be scheduled to work during an
entire federal fiscal year a regular work shift,
not taking into account any state holidays, annual leave, military leave, or
other absences.
B. In addition to the provisions of subsection A, any local government may pay such employee when activated for federally funded military duty all or any portion of the difference between his regular pay and the military pay received during all or any part of the term of active federally funded duty.
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