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This law was first created in 1998. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 774<\/a> of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1462507,"object_type":"law","relational_id":366909,"identifier":"51.1-1108","token":"51.1\/11\/2\/51.1-1108","url":"\/51.1-1108\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/51.1-1108\/","token":"51.1\/11\/2\/51.1-1108","dublin_core":{"Title":"Use of family and personal leave","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 51.1-1108","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> Participating employees<\/span> 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<\/span> 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. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> Family and personal leave may be taken for any permitted purpose at the sole discretion of the participating employee<\/span>, 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. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nUSE OF FAMILY AND PERSONAL LEAVE (\u00a7 51.1-1108)\n\nA. Participating employees shall be eligible to take family and personal leave\nto account for absences due to a short-term incident, illness or death of a\nfamily member, or other personal need. Participating employees shall be\ncompensated by their employers at 100 percent of creditable compensation for\neach hour of family and personal leave taken, not to exceed the employee’s\nfamily and personal leave balance.\n\nB. Family and personal leave may be taken for any permitted purpose at the sole\ndiscretion of the participating employee, provided that the employee gives\nreasonable prior notice to his immediate supervisor and the immediate supervisor\ndoes not inform the employee that his taking the leave will materially impede\nthe ability of the employing agency to perform a critical function due to an\nemergency or exigent circumstances.\n\nHISTORY: 1998, c. 774.","edition":{"id":2,"name":"2026","slug":"2026","date_created":"2026-07-16 18:40:23","date_modified":"2026-08-02 15:14:36","current":1,"order_by":2,"last_import":"2026-08-02 12:37:30"}}