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V.I. Code tit. 3, § 532 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 3 - Executive|Chapter 25 - Personnel Merit System, Compensation, Expenses and Miscellaneous Benefits|Subchapter IV - Tests, Appointments, Promotions, and Dismissals|§ 532. Dismissal without prejudice

 The name of any employee who has been employed within the Government of the United States Virgin Islands for a period of one year or more and dismissed without prejudice shall be placed on a reemployment list. If an employee of any department, board, commission, agency, authority or other instrumentality of the Government is dismissed without prejudice or due to lack of funds for payment of his salary, he shall be immediately eligible to fill any vacancy in the classified service for which he is qualified at the determination of the Director of Personnel and he shall be given first priority on any appropriate reemployment list. Any such employee who is reemployed within two years after dismissal shall retain all accrued sick leave and benefits.
V.I. Code tit. 3, § 533 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 3 - Executive|Chapter 25 - Personnel Merit System, Compensation, Expenses and Miscellaneous Benefits|Subchapter IV - Tests, Appointments, Promotions, and Dismissals|§ 533. Persons who may not be employed

 No person who has been convicted of a crime involving the abuse of any child, as defined by Title 19, chapter 9, of this code, shall hold any position in the government in which he may employ, instruct, counsel or supervise children as defined in Title 19, chapter 9 of this code.
V.I. Code tit. 3, § 534 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 3 - Executive|Chapter 25 - Personnel Merit System, Compensation, Expenses and Miscellaneous Benefits|Subchapter IV - Tests, Appointments, Promotions, and Dismissals|§ 534. Transfer to other districts

 (a) Notwithstanding any other law, an employee of any department or agency of the executive branch or central staff of the legislative branch of the Government of the United States Virgin Islands shall be allowed to transfer between districts provided he can demonstrate that due to economic hardship he is unable to remain in the district where he is currently employed and there is a similar position available in the requested district. (b) The employee requesting a transfer shall submit a written request for transfer to the department's commissioner, agency's head or to the President of the Legislature, as the case may be, demonstrating such economic hardship. (c) The department's commissioner or agency's head shall submit the request along with his findings and recommendations to the Governor within ten (10) days after the receipt of the request from the employee. (d) The Governor shall forward the request to the Legislature's Committee on Government Operations. However, the President of the Legislature shall forward the request directly to the Committee on Government Operations. If the request is approved by the Committee on Government Operations, the request shall be granted and the employee shall be allowed to transfer. (e) For purposes of this section “economic hardship” includes but is not limited to the unavailability of affordable housing in the district where the employee is employed or where the spouse of the employee resides in another district.
V.I. Code tit. 3, § 535 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 3 - Executive|Chapter 25 - Personnel Merit System, Compensation, Expenses and Miscellaneous Benefits|Subchapter IV - Tests, Appointments, Promotions, and Dismissals|§ 535. Mandatory Drug Testing of Peace Officers

 All peace officers of the Government of the Virgin Islands, as defined under the provisions of Title 5, section 3561 of this code, shall be required to submit to random drug testing. The policy and procedure for testing shall directly reflect, as much as practicable, the federal law and policy of the Drug-Free Workplace Act of 1988.
V.I. Code tit. 3, § 540 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 3 - Executive|Chapter 25 - Personnel Merit System, Compensation, Expenses and Miscellaneous Benefits|Subchapter IVa - The Virgin Islands Public Officials Compensation Commission|§ 540. Short title

 This subchapter may be cited and referred to as “The Virgin Islands Public Officials Compensation Commission Act.”
V.I. Code tit. 3, § 541 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 3 - Executive|Chapter 25 - Personnel Merit System, Compensation, Expenses and Miscellaneous Benefits|Subchapter IVa - The Virgin Islands Public Officials Compensation Commission|§ 541. Definitions

 In this subchapter the terms have the meanings unless the context determines otherwise: (a) “Commission” means The Virgin Islands Public Officials Compensation Commission as established in section 542 of this subchapter. (b) “Government” means the three branches of the Government of the Virgin Islands. (c) “Government Officials” includes the Attorney General, the Governor, members of the Governor’s cabinet, including all commissioners and directors of government agencies, the Lieutenant Governor, the judicial officers, senators of the Legislature of the Virgin Islands, and all elected officials in the Virgin Islands who receive remuneration. (d) “Remuneration” includes the salaries, emoluments, mileage, per diem, travel, incidental benefits awarded for employment and other expense allowances and reimbursements of government employees and officers. (e) “Judicial Officers” means Virgin Islands justices, judges and magistrates.
V.I. Code tit. 3, § 542 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 3 - Executive|Chapter 25 - Personnel Merit System, Compensation, Expenses and Miscellaneous Benefits|Subchapter IVa - The Virgin Islands Public Officials Compensation Commission|§ 542. Establishment and composition

 (a) The Virgin Islands Compensation Commission is established within the Division of Personnel for budgetary purposes only. (b) The Commission is composed of nine members, none of whom is an official or employee of the Government of the Virgin Islands, or of any department, agency, or any autonomous or semi-autonomous instrumentality of the Government of the Virgin Islands with the exception of the University of the Virgin Islands. The Governor, the President of the Legislature and the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court shall each appoint three members. (c) Beginning January 15, 2017, and every four years thereafter, members appointed shall serve until the Commission has submitted its final report under section 543. (d) No member of the Commission is eligible for appointment to public office so long as the member is a member of the Commission and for two years thereafter. (e) The Governor shall call the first meeting of the Commission for the purpose of organization. At this meeting, the Commission shall select from its membership a chairperson, a vice-chairperson, and a secretary to serve for the duration of the term of the Commission. (f) A majority of the Commission members constitutes a quorum to transact business. The affirmative vote of five members is required to approve the Commission’s recommendations on compensation. (g) Any vacancy in the membership must be filled in the manner in which the original appointment was made. (h) The members of the Commission shall serve without compensation, but must be reimbursed for travel and subsistence expenses, but the expenses must be approved by the chairperson. The costs and expenses of the Commission must be paid from the funds appropriated by the Legislature. (i) The Division of Personnel shall provide the Commission with such staff as is necessary to perform its functions and shall provide record-keeping facilities and other facilities as needed.
V.I. Code tit. 3, § 544 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 3 - Executive|Chapter 25 - Personnel Merit System, Compensation, Expenses and Miscellaneous Benefits|Subchapter IVa - The Virgin Islands Public Officials Compensation Commission|§ 544. Recommendations

 (a) The Commission shall submit to the Governor, the President of the Legislature, and the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court no later than May 1 of the fourth year of each term of the Commission a report of the results of the review conducted by the Commission of the offices and positions subject to this chapter, together with its recommendations. The Commission shall file the written report notwithstanding a determination by the Commission that no compensation increase or decrease is recommended. (b) Any Commission member who does not concur in the proposed or final recommendations may attach written objections to the Commission’s report or its findings and recommendations.
V.I. Code tit. 3, § 545 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 3 - Executive|Chapter 25 - Personnel Merit System, Compensation, Expenses and Miscellaneous Benefits|Subchapter IVa - The Virgin Islands Public Officials Compensation Commission|§ 545. Term

 The term of each Commission expires upon submission of the recommendations. The Governor, the President of the Legislature and Chief Justice of the Supreme Court shall appoint members to the next Commission no later than November 30 following the submission of the Commission’s report.
V.I. Code tit. 3, § 546 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 3 - Executive|Chapter 25 - Personnel Merit System, Compensation, Expenses and Miscellaneous Benefits|Subchapter IVa - The Virgin Islands Public Officials Compensation Commission|§ 546. Legislative action

 The Legislature shall act upon the recommendations of the Commission not later than 180 days after the recommendations have been submitted to the Legislature.
V.I. Code tit. 3, § 551 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 3 - Executive|Chapter 25 - Personnel Merit System, Compensation, Expenses and Miscellaneous Benefits|Subchapter V - Pay Systems|§ 551. Purpose and coverage

 This subchapter contains the pay policies and pay schedule applicable to positions covered by subchapter III of this chapter.
V.I. Code tit. 3, § 551a (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 3 - Executive|Chapter 25 - Personnel Merit System, Compensation, Expenses and Miscellaneous Benefits|Subchapter V - Pay Systems|§ 551a. Pay-differential for certain nursing and nonprofessional government hospital personnel

 All nursing and nonprofessional personnel, whose duties primarily require their physical presence on duty in the Tuberculosis or Neuro-Psychiatric units of government hospitals, shall be paid a differential of fifteen percent of the pay to which they would otherwise be normally entitled. This differential shall be payable for any shift of eight hours or more during which the employee was assigned to such unit. (Such differential shall also be applicable to the aforementioned employees during periods of annual or sick leave absences, provided that they were assigned to such hospital unit at the time the leave of absence began and further that they returned to the unit following the absence.)
V.I. Code tit. 3, § 551b (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 3 - Executive|Chapter 25 - Personnel Merit System, Compensation, Expenses and Miscellaneous Benefits|Subchapter V - Pay Systems|§ 551b. Increase in salaries of Deputy and Assistant Commissioners and Assistant Attorneys General

 Effective April 1, 1964, the salary of each Deputy Commissioner shall be increased by a sum not to exceed $500 per annum and the salary of each Assistant Commissioner and each Assistant Attorney General shall be increased by a sum not to exceed $1,000 per annum.
V.I. Code tit. 3, § 551c (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 3 - Executive|Chapter 25 - Personnel Merit System, Compensation, Expenses and Miscellaneous Benefits|Subchapter V - Pay Systems|§ 551c. Increase in salaries of certain officers when designated for important functions

 Wherever necessary for proper administration of important government functions, the Governor in his discretion may designate one Assistant Commissioner in the Department of Public Works, one Assistant Commissioner in the Department of Education, one Assistant Commissioner of the Department of Finance and one Assistant Attorney General, whose salaries shall be increased by a sum not to exceed $2,000 per annum. The Governor likewise may designate the Director of the Division of Hospitals and Medical Services in the Department of Health as Assistant Commissioner of Health for the Virgin Islands and in such case the salary of this position shall be increased by a sum not to exceed $2,000 per annum and the position shall remain in the Classified Service.
V.I. Code tit. 3, § 551d (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 3 - Executive|Chapter 25 - Personnel Merit System, Compensation, Expenses and Miscellaneous Benefits|Subchapter V - Pay Systems|§ 551d. Cost-of-living bonuses; persons within certain pay ranges and per diem employees

 (a) Every employee in the Classified Service of the Government of the United States Virgin Islands who now is in or who shall hereafter be appointed to a position within Range Nos. 1 through 15, inclusive, of Schedule I of the Pay Plan for Government Personnel (section 551 of this title) shall receive a cost-of-living bonus of $300 per annum. (b) Every per diem employee of the Government of the United States Virgin Islands whose salary, if computed on a per annum basis of 2,080 hours, would fall within Range Nos. 1 through 15 of Schedule I of the Pay Plan for the Classified Service shall receive a cost-of-living bonus of the per hour equivalent of $300 per annum computed on the basis of 2,080 hours per year. (c) The cost-of-living bonuses provided for by this section shall be paid according to the regular pay periods as provided for by section 555 of this title and such bonuses shall be retroactive to January 1, 1966. The cost-of-living bonus for Government personnel in the Classified Service, provided for by subsection (a) of this section, shall not preclude the regular one-step within-grade increases which are or may become due to such classified employees pursuant to paragraph (1) of section 562 of this title.
V.I. Code tit. 3, § 552 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 3 - Executive|Chapter 25 - Personnel Merit System, Compensation, Expenses and Miscellaneous Benefits|Subchapter V - Pay Systems|§ 552. Policy

 (a) It is the policy of the United States Virgin Islands Government to provide equal pay for equal work and to pay its employees at rates comparable to that paid for similar work by other organizations in the Virgin Islands. (b) In compliance with the principle of equal pay for substantially equal work the Governor by Executive Order shall provide equal pay increases and benefits to all members of any class or class of positions whose members are not members of an appropriate bargaining unit exclusively represented by a labor organization pursuant to chapter 14 of Title 24 of this Code. The principle of equal pay for substantially equal work shall not obligate the Governor to adjust salaries, compensation, or benefits for public employees not represented by labor organizations in the same manner as those public employees which are represented by labor organizations; nor shall the Governor be obligated to equalize salaries, compensation, or benefits between public employees doing substantially equal work represented by different labor organizations. (c) Unless specifically provided to the contrary, whenever an across-the-board increase is enacted for government employees and an employee does not receive such increase solely because that employee has reached the pay ceiling within his grade, then such employee is hereby granted an increase in an amount equal to the difference between the highest step within his grade and the next highest step within his grade; Provided, however, That no employee who has, for any reason including contractual agreements, received a permanent increase in salary, wages, or other form of monetary compensation paid by the Government of the United States Virgin Islands, which increase shall have been received within the twelve months immediately preceding the enactment of the across-the-board pay increase, shall be entitled to the pay increase provided by this subsection.
V.I. Code tit. 3, § 553 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 3 - Executive|Chapter 25 - Personnel Merit System, Compensation, Expenses and Miscellaneous Benefits|Subchapter V - Pay Systems|§ 553. Craft and Labor Schedule

 (a) The Craft and Labor Schedule which follows in the basic pay schedule for positions assigned to, and allocated to grades under, the Craft and Labor System provided by section 493(b) of this chapter. Craft and Labor ScheduleGradeHourly Rates and Steps    ABCDCL-1$1.40$1.47$1.54$1.62CL-21.471.541.621.70CL-31.541.621.701.79CL-41.621.701.791.88CL-51.701.791.881.97CL-61.791.881.972.07CL-71.881.972.072.17CL-81.972.072.172.28CL-92.072.172.282.39CL-102.172.282.392.51CL-112.282.392.512.64CL-122.392.512.642.77CL-132.512.642.772.91CL-142.642.772.913.06CL-152.772.913.063.21CL-162.913.063.213.37CL-173.063.213.373.54 (b) Effective as of September 12, 1969, each employee in the maintenance division of the Department of Education of the Virgin Islands shall receive a salary increase of seven (7) percent per annum of the actual salary received by such employee. (c) Each employee of the Department of Public Works of the Virgin Islands, receiving a salary at the rate of $2.00 or less per hour, shall receive a salary increase of fifteen (15) percent per annum of the actual salary received by such employee, and each employee receiving a salary at the rate of $2.01 or more per hour shall receive a salary increase of ten (10) percent per annum of the actual salary received by such employee. Such increases shall become effective retroactively to October 6, 1969.
V.I. Code tit. 3, § 555 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 3 - Executive|Chapter 25 - Personnel Merit System, Compensation, Expenses and Miscellaneous Benefits|Subchapter V - Pay Systems|§ 555. General Schedule

 (a) The General Schedule which follows is the basic pay schedule for positions assigned to and allocated to grade under the General System provided by section 493(d) of this chapter. Any appointment or advancement above Grade 30 shall be subject to the approval of the Governor. General ScheduleGradeAnnual Rates and Steps A BC DEFGS-6$   3,000$   3,150$   3,300$   3,460$   3,630$   3,810GS-73,1503,3003,4603,6303,8104,000GS-83,3003,4603,6303,8104,0004,200GS-93,4603,6303,8104,0004,2004,400GS-103,6303,8104,0004,2004,4004,620GS-113,8104,0004,2004,4004,6204,850GS-124,0004,2004,4004,6204,8505,100GS-134,2004,4004,6204,8505,1005,360GS-144,4004,6204,8505,1005,3605,630GS-154,6204,8505,1005,3605,6305,910GS-164,8505,1005,3605,6305,9106,200GS-175,1005,3605,6305,9106,2006,510GS-185,3605,6305,9106,2006,5106,830GS-195,6305,9106,2006,5106,8307,170GS-205,9106,2006,5106,8307,1707,530GS-216,2006,5106,8307,1707,5307,910GS-226,5106,8307,1707,5307,9108,310GS-236,8307,1707,5307,9108,3108,730GS-247,3767,7458,1328,5398,9669,414GS-257,9668,3648,7829,2219,68210,166GS-268,6039,0339,4859,95910,45610,979GS-279,2919,75610,24410,75611,29411,859GS-2810,03410,53610,86511,61612,19712,809GS-2910,83711,37911,94812,54513,17213,831GS-3011,70412,28912,90313,54814,22514,937GS-3112,54013,16713,82514,51615,24215,968GS-3213,54314,22014,93115,67816,46217,285GS-3314,89715,64216,42417,24518,10719,012GS-3416,38717,20618,06618,96919,91720,913GS-3518,02618,92719,87320,88721,93123,028 (b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, no employee of the Government of the United States Virgin Islands, whether employed full-time or part-time, permanent or temporary, shall be paid at a rate less than $2.65 per hour, nor less than $2.90 per hour commencing January 1, 1979, nor less than $3.10 per hour commencing January 1, 1980, nor less than $3.35 per hour commencing January 1, 1981, nor less than the minimum rate which may thereafter be established by Federal law. For the purposes of this subsection, the term “employee” does not include a member of a board or commission whose compensation is fixed by law at a “per diem” rate.
V.I. Code tit. 3, § 555a (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 3 - Executive|Chapter 25 - Personnel Merit System, Compensation, Expenses and Miscellaneous Benefits|Subchapter V - Pay Systems|§ 555a. Public Safety Schedule

 The following personnel of the Department of Justice, the U.S. Virgin Islands Police Department (V.I.P.D.), the Fire Service and the Bureau of Corrections shall be compensated in accordance with the rates hereinafter set forth: Policemen, Policewomen, Deputy Marshals, Correction Officers and Police Matrons:STEP    ABCDEF 8,6039,0339,4859,95910,45610,979 Fire Fighters:STEP    ABCDEF 8,6039,0339,4859,95910,45610,979 Fire Corporals, Police Corporals, Senior Corrections Officer and Detectives Grade 3:STEP    ABCDEF 9,2919,75610,24410,75611,29411,859 Fire Sergeants, Police Sergeants, Correction Supervisor and Detectives Grade 2:STEP    ABCDEF 10,03410,53610,86511,61612,19712,809 Police Lieutenants, Fire Lieutenants, Chief Correction Supervisor and Detectives Grade 1:STEP    ABCDEF 10,83711,37911,94812,54513,17213,831 Assistant Warden, Chief Marshal, Police Captains, Fire Captains, Training Officers and Chief Investigators:STEP    ABCDEF 11,70412,28912,90313,54814,22514,937 Chief of Police, Fire Chief and Prison Warden:STEP    ABCDEF 12,54013,16713,82514,51615,24215,968 In addition to the above referred to increases all civilian employees working in the prisons or jails shall receive an increase of 10% in their gross salary as a result of their hazardous duty.
V.I. Code tit. 3, § 555b (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 3 - Executive|Chapter 25 - Personnel Merit System, Compensation, Expenses and Miscellaneous Benefits|Subchapter V - Pay Systems|§ 555b. Minimum salary for government employees

 Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary in this subchapter, [the] minimum salary of full-time employees of the Government of the Virgin Islands semi-autonomous agencies and independent instrumentalities of the Government of the Virgin Islands [is] $27,040 per annum. No full time employee of the Government of the Virgin Islands semi-autonomous agency or independent instrumentality of the Government of the Virgin Islands may be paid less than $27,040 per annum.
V.I. Code tit. 3, § 556 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 3 - Executive|Chapter 25 - Personnel Merit System, Compensation, Expenses and Miscellaneous Benefits|Subchapter V - Pay Systems|§ 556. Pay determinations

 An employee in a position subject to this subchapter shall be paid at the rate within the grade of his position determined in accordance with this chapter together with any pay differential applicable to him provided under this subchapter.
V.I. Code tit. 3, § 557 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 3 - Executive|Chapter 25 - Personnel Merit System, Compensation, Expenses and Miscellaneous Benefits|Subchapter V - Pay Systems|§ 557. New appointments

 New appointments shall normally be made at the minimum rate of the appropriate grade plus any applicable pay differential. However, the head of an agency may appoint, with the approval of the Director of Personnel, a person at above the normal entrance rate for the pay grade of the classification of the position to be occupied by the new employee subject to one of the following conditions: (1) If after diligent recruitment efforts, the Personnel Director has been unable to certify a normal list of eligibles at the normal entrance salary, (2) The person to be appointed has unusual qualifications considerably in excess of the minimum requirements of the classifications.
V.I. Code tit. 3, § 558a (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 3 - Executive|Chapter 25 - Personnel Merit System, Compensation, Expenses and Miscellaneous Benefits|Subchapter V - Pay Systems|§ 558a. Premium wage for counsellors and housekeepers at welfare institutions

 Counsellors and housekeepers at institutions operated by the Department of Human Services, who, because of the nature of their duties, are required to work long, unusual, or irregular hours, shall be paid a premium wage of 15 percent over and above the regular rate due under the Pay Plan, in lieu of overtime compensation or time off.