51.1-1108 - Use of family and personal leave. - Virginia Statutes

§ 51.1-1108. Use of family and personal leave.

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

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

(1998, c. 774.)