Classified employees who are called away from their regular jobs to provide specific kinds of emergency services during defined times of state and/or national disaster are authorized, when approved by the university, to receive up to 80 hours of paid leave on an annual basis. The university may also grant up to 80 hours of paid leave annually to classified employees who are victims of a disaster that meets the criteria specified in DHRM Policy # 4.17, Emergency/Disaster Leave.
State agencies can grant up to 80 hours of paid leave annually to qualifying employees who are called away from their regular jobs to provide specific kinds of emergency services during defined times of state and/or national disaster. 80 hours of paid leave can also be granted annually to employees who are victims of disasters that meet specific criteria. An employee will continue to receive his/her normal salary for up to 80 hours while using approved Emergency/Disaster Leave.
An employee may be granted leave to provide emergency services, if all of the following criteria are met:
- The area is covered by an official declaration of major disaster by the President of the United States, or a declaration of a State of Emergency by the Governor of Virginia or another state;
- Public Officials at the site of the disaster have requested the assistance of individuals with specialized skills or training;
- The employees possess the required specialized skills of training requested by the authorities;
- Employees present written requests to provide emergency services and obtain approval prior to using leave.
An employee may be granted leave as the victim of a disaster if:
- they have sustained severe or catastrophic damage to or loss of their primary personal residence, or have been ordered to evacuate that residence as a result of a natural or man-made emergency or disaster that:
- resulted in a formal declaration of a State of Emergency or of federal disaster status; and
- the employee's home was located in the officially declared disaster area; and
- formal documentation from recognized disaster relief organizations or insurance companies verifies severe, extreme, or catastrophic damage to or loss of personal property as a result of the declared emergency in which the damage or required evacuation rendered the employee's home temporarily or permanently uninhabitable.
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Inclement Weather/Emergency Closings
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