CODE OF VIRGINIA

USE OF FAMILY AND PERSONAL LEAVE (§ 51.1-1108)

A. Participating employees shall be eligible to take family and personal leave
to account for absences due to a short-term incident, illness or death of a
family member, or other personal need. Participating employees shall be
compensated by their employers at 100 percent of creditable compensation for
each hour of family and personal leave taken, not to exceed the employee’s
family and personal leave balance.

B. Family and personal leave may be taken for any permitted purpose at the sole
discretion of the participating employee, provided that the employee gives
reasonable prior notice to his immediate supervisor and the immediate supervisor
does not inform the employee that his taking the leave will materially impede
the ability of the employing agency to perform a critical function due to an
emergency or exigent circumstances.

HISTORY: 1998, c. 774.