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V.I. Code tit. 3, § 558b (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 3 - Executive|Chapter 25 - Personnel Merit System, Compensation, Expenses and Miscellaneous Benefits|Subchapter V - Pay Systems|§ 558b. Extra pay or time off for Government employees required to work on holidays

 Government employees who are required to work on holidays, except Thursday half-holidays, shall be compensated by extra pay or time off for such work in accordance with existing overtime laws and regulations; Provided, That in the case of employees whose employment on Sundays on a regular or rotating shift of duty basis is necessary in the public interest, including employees in public institutions such as the government hospitals or the institutions for the aged, or employees engaged in work relating to the public safety, health or fire prevention, such employment on Sundays shall not be deemed work on holidays for the purposes of extra pay or time off as provided for in this section.
V.I. Code tit. 3, § 559 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 3 - Executive|Chapter 25 - Personnel Merit System, Compensation, Expenses and Miscellaneous Benefits|Subchapter V - Pay Systems|§ 559. Pay differentials

 (a) A counsellor or a housekeeper at institutions operated by the Department of Human Services, who, because of the nature of his duties is required to work long, unusual, or irregular hours, shall be paid a differential of 15 percent of his basic compensation which shall be in addition to his basic compensation. (b) All employees, other than physicians, whose duties require his physical presence on duty in the tuberculosis or neuropsychiatric units of government hospitals, shall be paid a differential of 15 percent of his basic compensation, in addition to his basic compensation, for any shift of 8 hours or more during which he was assigned to such a unit and for any period of annual or sick leave immediately preceded and followed by assignment to such a unit. (c) An employee who is assigned to regular night duty, that is, regularly scheduled work or rotating shifts between the hours of 6:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m., shall be paid differential at the following rates: (1) for nightwork of from 5 to 8 hours duration in a regular 8 hour shift, a differential of 10 percent of his basic rate of pay: (2) for more than 8 hours of nightwork, a differential of 15 percent of his basic rate of pay; Provided, That the night duty assignment was not made at the behest of the employee. (d) Supervisors and administrators paid under the General or Craft and Labor Schedules shall be placed in pay grades which are higher than the grades of the persons they supervise and which adequately compensate them for their additional responsibilities. (e) Any employee of the Department of Health, as determined by the Commissioner of Health, whose regular duty assignment requires his presence at a correctional facility operated by the Bureau of Corrections shall be paid a hazardous duty differential of 15 percent of his basic compensation in addition to his basic compensation.
V.I. Code tit. 3, § 561 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 3 - Executive|Chapter 25 - Personnel Merit System, Compensation, Expenses and Miscellaneous Benefits|Subchapter V - Pay Systems|§ 561. Computation of rates of pay

 (a) For all pay computation purposes compensation established by or pursuant to law shall be regarded as payment for employment during 52 basic administrative workweeks of 40 hours. Whenever, for any purpose, it is necessary to convert a basic monthly or annual rate of pay of any official or employee of the Government of the Virgin Islands or any instrumentality thereof to a basic biweekly, weekly, daily, or hourly rate, the following rules shall govern— (1) A monthly rate shall be multiplied by twelve to derive an annual rate; (2) An annual rate shall be divided by 52 or 26 as the case may be, to derive a weekly or biweekly rate; (3) A daily rate shall be derived by multiplying an hourly rate by the number of daily hours or service required. (b) All rates shall be computed to the nearest cent, counting one-half cent and over as a whole cent.
V.I. Code tit. 3, § 562 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 3 - Executive|Chapter 25 - Personnel Merit System, Compensation, Expenses and Miscellaneous Benefits|Subchapter V - Pay Systems|§ 562. Pay periods

 (a) The Commissioner of Finance shall pay all salaries of all officials and employees of the Government of the United States Virgin Islands on the basis of 2,080 hours per year, divided into pay periods of 86.67 hours each, or 24 pay periods each year payable on the fifteenth day and the last business day of each month. (b) Under such regulations as may be prescribed by the Governor, the Commissioner of Finance shall be allowed a sufficient time between the end of each pay period and the delivery of the employees' salaries in which properly to— (1) pre-audit the time and attendance of each employee; (2) prepare the payrolls; and (3) prepare the checks of the employees. The time lag authorized by this section shall not exceed twelve days. (c) No officer or employee shall certify, approve, or make any payment for personal services to any person holding a position in the executive branch of Government, unless said person has been employed in accordance with the provisions of this chapter and with the rules, regulations, and orders hereunder. (d) The Director of Personnel may require from any department or agency that the payrolls, vouchers, and accounts for personal services of persons covered hereunder be submitted to him for review and certification. When so required by the Director of Personnel, the officers and employees of any such department or agency may not approve or make any payment for such personal services, unless the payroll, voucher, or account of such pay bears the certification of the Director of Personnel or his authorized agent to the effect that the persons named in the said payroll voucher or account have been appointed and employed in accordance with the provisions of this chapter and with the rules, regulations, and orders hereunder. The Director of Personnel shall refuse to certify the pay of any officer or employee who has been appointed in violation of such provisions. Should the Director of Personnel refuse to certify any payroll, voucher, or account, any employee affected thereby may appeal to the Government Employees Service Commission.
V.I. Code tit. 3, § 563 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 3 - Executive|Chapter 25 - Personnel Merit System, Compensation, Expenses and Miscellaneous Benefits|Subchapter V - Pay Systems|§ 563. Initial pay adjustment

 (a) An incumbent of a position brought into the career service or otherwise made subject to the classification and pay system of this chapter after December 31, 1967, in a grade whose maximum pay step is lower than the compensation he last received in the unclassified position, shall receive the compensation he received in the unclassified position as long as he continues in that position and such compensation is higher than the maximum step. If his pay in the unclassified position equaled a pay step in the grade he shall receive compensation of that step. If it fell between two steps of the grade, he shall receive the compensation of the higher of the two steps. However, in making initial pay adjustments under this section, the provisions of section 557 of this subchapter may be applied to all employees under the General Schedule. (b) An incumbent member of the classified service who is, either individually or as a member of a class, reallocated to a higher grade of the classification and pay system, shall receive compensation at the first step within such higher grade that results in an actual increase in the compensation he was receiving immediately prior to his reallocation.
V.I. Code tit. 3, § 564 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 3 - Executive|Chapter 25 - Personnel Merit System, Compensation, Expenses and Miscellaneous Benefits|Subchapter V - Pay Systems|§ 564. Emergency employment

 The provisions of sections 560 and 562 of this title shall not apply to any employee employed in such extraordinary emergencies, as those resulting directly from fire, flood, storm or similar natural forces, or epidemic or illness or disease, or emergencies involving public safety which require employment in excess of the hours specified in section 560 of this title in order that life, health, or property may be preserved.
V.I. Code tit. 3, § 565 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 3 - Executive|Chapter 25 - Personnel Merit System, Compensation, Expenses and Miscellaneous Benefits|Subchapter V - Pay Systems|§ 565. Civil and restraining actions by citizens and employees

 (a) Any sum paid contrary to any provision of this chapter or of any rule, regulation, or order hereunder may be recovered, in an action maintained by any citizen, from any officer who made, approved, or authorized such payment or who signed or countersigned a voucher, payroll, check, or warrant for such payment, or from the sureties on the official bond of any such officer. All moneys recovered in any such action shall be paid into the Government treasury. Any citizen may maintain an action to restrain a disbursing officer from making any payment in contravention of any provision of this chapter, or of any rule, regulation or order hereunder. (b) Any person appointed or employed in contravention of any provision of this chapter or any rule, regulation, or order hereunder who performs service, for which he is not paid, may maintain an action against the officer, or officers who purported so to appoint or employ him to recover the agreed pay for such services, or the reasonable value thereof if no pay was agreed upon. No officer shall be reimbursed by the Government at any time for any sum paid to such person on account of such services. (c) If the Director of Personnel wrongfully withholds certification of the payroll voucher or account of any employee, such employee may maintain a proceeding to compel the Director of Personnel to certify such payroll voucher or account.
V.I. Code tit. 3, § 566 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 3 - Executive|Chapter 25 - Personnel Merit System, Compensation, Expenses and Miscellaneous Benefits|Subchapter V - Pay Systems|§ 566. Unclassified positions

 An employee occupying a position to which the Position Classification and Pay Systems set forth in this chapter are not applicable and whose compensation is not fixed by law shall be paid within established policies authorized by law.
V.I. Code tit. 3, § 567 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 3 - Executive|Chapter 25 - Personnel Merit System, Compensation, Expenses and Miscellaneous Benefits|Subchapter V - Pay Systems|§ 567. Holiday pay for temporary hourly workers

 A temporary employee paid on an hourly basis, shall receive 8 hours pay for each regular Government holiday.
V.I. Code tit. 3, § 568 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 3 - Executive|Chapter 25 - Personnel Merit System, Compensation, Expenses and Miscellaneous Benefits|Subchapter V - Pay Systems|§ 568. Allowance for uniforms

 Policemen, firemen, nurses, and other employees who are required to wear uniforms while on duty, shall be provided an allowance for purchase of new uniforms, subject to regulations established by the agency head and approved by the Governor.
V.I. Code tit. 3, § 569 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 3 - Executive|Chapter 25 - Personnel Merit System, Compensation, Expenses and Miscellaneous Benefits|Subchapter V - Pay Systems|§ 569. Special workdays

 The Director of Personnel, in consultation with the head of the appropriate agency and subject to the approval of the Governor, is authorized to provide by rules and regulations basic workweeks or workdays, overtime premiums, and annual and sick leave for employees in activities for which the effective utilization of manpower requires a workday of either more or less than eight (8) hours and/or a workweek of either more or less than five (5) days. Such provisions may differ from and shall supersede the provisions for these items elsewhere provided in this chapter. Employees subject to regulations issued pursuant to this section shall receive substantially the same amount of time off for sick leave and annual leave as provided for other government employees under this chapter.
V.I. Code tit. 3, § 570a (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 3 - Executive|Chapter 25 - Personnel Merit System, Compensation, Expenses and Miscellaneous Benefits|Subchapter V - Pay Systems|§ 570a. Incentive programs

 (a) The Commissioner of Police and the Director of Personnel shall develop and implement programs that provide incentives to eligible police officers who elect to continue employment as officers with the Police Department after twenty years' service. (b) The Commissioner of Police shall promulgate such rules and regulations as necessary to carry out the purpose of subsection (a).
V.I. Code tit. 3, § 581 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 3 - Executive|Chapter 25 - Personnel Merit System, Compensation, Expenses and Miscellaneous Benefits|Subchapter VI - Leaves of Absence|§ 581. Annual leave; employees of Department of Education

 (a) Subject to the provisions of section 582 of this title all officers and employees of the Government of the United States Virgin Islands, regardless of their tenure, in addition to any accrued leave, shall be entitled to 26 days annual leave, each calendar year exclusive of Sundays and holidays. The part unused in any year shall be accumulated for succeeding years until it totals not exceeding 60 days. No money shall be paid in lieu of leave. Every officer and employee of the Government of the United States Virgin Islands shall be credited for accrued or accumulated sick leave and annual leave upon his transfer from one agency, commission, authority, department, or branch of local government to any other agency, commission, authority, department, or branch, including transfers to or from independent instrumentalities or agencies of such government. (b) The annual leave authorized by this section shall be granted at times prescribed by the heads of the departments and agencies of government: Provided, That every effort shall be made to allow annual leaves due when requested by employees. (c) The annual leave authorized by this section shall not be granted to employees of the Department of Education, such as (but not limited to) teachers, school lunch workers, school nurses, and all such other personnel of the Department as determined by the Commissioner thereof from time to time, with the approval of the Governor, the nature of whose services require performance primarily in relation to the operation of the school system during the school year. The Commissioner of Education shall keep the Commissioner of Finance and the Director of Personnel currently advised as to all such positions within the Department of Education. All such employees shall be entitled to pay for established school vacations in lieu of the annual leave authorized by this section. (d) In cases where a school teacher resigns or is separated from the government service or is placed on a leave without pay status he shall be entitled to receive compensation in lump sum for the school vacation period. The lump sum compensation shall be calculated so that a school teacher will receive pay for school vacation in proportion to that part of the school year he has been carried on a pay status. (e) Any employee who has accumulated any unused annual leave at the end of a calendar year in excess of that allowed by subsection (a) to be accumulated for succeeding years, shall be entitled for retirement purposes only to “service credit for forfeited annual leave”. Any member of the Government Employees Retirement System having “service credit for forfeited annual leave” at the date of retirement shall have such service credit applied toward the service retirement annuity to which the member may be entitled.
V.I. Code tit. 3, § 582 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 3 - Executive|Chapter 25 - Personnel Merit System, Compensation, Expenses and Miscellaneous Benefits|Subchapter VI - Leaves of Absence|§ 582. Earning rate

 Notwithstanding the provisions of section 581 of this title, and except as provided in section 41 of Title 2 of this Code, all employees of the Government of the United States Virgin Islands, regardless of tenure, who enter Government Service after June 30, 1968, shall accrue annual leave as follows: (1) One-half day for each full biweekly pay period for an employee with less than 3 years of service; (2) three-fourths day for each full biweekly pay period, except that the accrual for the last full biweekly pay period in the year is one and one-fourth days, for an employee with 3 but less than employee with 3 but less than 15 years of service; and (3) one day for each full biweekly pay period for an employee with 15 or more years of service. Employees who return to the Government service after an absence of no more than five years shall accrue leave at the rate accrued at the time of their most recent separation from Government service unless such rate was less than specified above. The word “employees” when used in this section shall include all personnel in the Government Service, including “officers”. The word “service” when used in this section shall include periods of active military service of up to ten years in the Armed Forces of the United States and periods of up to 10 years of Federal Government service in the Virgin Islands.
V.I. Code tit. 3, § 583 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 3 - Executive|Chapter 25 - Personnel Merit System, Compensation, Expenses and Miscellaneous Benefits|Subchapter VI - Leaves of Absence|§ 583. Sick leave

 (a) Except as provided in section 41 of Title 2 of this Code, all officers and employees of the Government of the United States Virgin Islands, regardless of tenure are entitled to sick leave which accrues at the rate of one-half day for each full biweekly pay period. (b) Proof of sickness shall be subject to such regulations as the Governor may prescribe. (c) When required by serious disability or ailments or when the employee is the primary care giver of a seriously ill spouse, child, parent or any individual who is the legal dependent of the employee, up to 183 days sick leave may be advanced upon approval by the commissioner or head of an agency. (d) Sick leave which is not used by an employee accumulates for use in succeeding years. (e) Any employee of the government of the Virgin Islands who has accumulated sick leave shall retain all rights to such sick leave upon separation from one department, commission or branch of the Government of the United States Virgin Islands and being reemployed in another department, commission, or branch of the Government of the United States Virgin Islands; Provided, however, That not more than six months shall lapse between separation and reemployment. The provisions of this subsection shall apply if the employee is separated or separates from government service in order to enter the military service of the United States or to attend an institution of higher education except that in such case, not more than six months shall lapse between separation from the military service and reemployment with the Government of the United States Virgin Islands or failure to enroll for the next academic session of the institution of higher education and reemployment with the Government of the United States Virgin Islands.
V.I. Code tit. 3, § 583a (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 3 - Executive|Chapter 25 - Personnel Merit System, Compensation, Expenses and Miscellaneous Benefits|Subchapter VI - Leaves of Absence|§ 583a. Monthly notification of accruals

 The Commissioner of Finance shall, in a manner he deems most appropriate, notify all officers and permanent employees of the Government of the United States Virgin Islands, on a monthly basis, regarding the amount of their accumulated sick leave and annual leave.
V.I. Code tit. 3, § 584 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 3 - Executive|Chapter 25 - Personnel Merit System, Compensation, Expenses and Miscellaneous Benefits|Subchapter VI - Leaves of Absence|§ 584. Sick leave for temporary employees

 Temporary employees, except those engaged in construction work at hourly rates, are entitled to sick leave which accrues at the rate of one-fourth day for each week upon certification as provided in section 583 of this title.
V.I. Code tit. 3, § 585 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 3 - Executive|Chapter 25 - Personnel Merit System, Compensation, Expenses and Miscellaneous Benefits|Subchapter VI - Leaves of Absence|§ 585. Absence of veterans for funeral attendance

 A veteran shall be excused from his duties without loss of pay or deduction from annual leave for the time necessary, not to exceed four hours in any one day, to enable him to participate as an active pallbearer or as a member of a firing squad or a guard of honor in a funeral ceremony for a member of the armed forces of the United States whose remains are returned from abroad for final interment in the Virgin Islands.
V.I. Code tit. 3, § 586 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 3 - Executive|Chapter 25 - Personnel Merit System, Compensation, Expenses and Miscellaneous Benefits|Subchapter VI - Leaves of Absence|§ 586. Leave for jury service

 An employee shall be excused from his duties without loss of pay or deduction from annual leave for the time required for jury service in the Superior Court or the District Court of the Virgin Islands.
V.I. Code tit. 3, § 587 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 3 - Executive|Chapter 25 - Personnel Merit System, Compensation, Expenses and Miscellaneous Benefits|Subchapter VI - Leaves of Absence|§ 587. Payment for accumulated or accrued leave upon separation from Service

 (a) Whenever any civilian officer or employee of the government of the Virgin Islands entitled to leave under sections 581–584 of this title is separated from the Service with or without prejudice he shall be paid compensation in a lump sum for all accumulated and current accrued annual or vacation leave to which he is entitled under existing law. Such lump-sum payment shall equal the compensation that such officer or employee would have received had he remained in the Service until the expiration of the period of such annual or vacation leave. (b) The lump-sum payment authorized by this section shall not be regarded, except for purposes of taxation, as salary or compensation and shall not be subject to retirement deductions.
V.I. Code tit. 3, § 587a (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 3 - Executive|Chapter 25 - Personnel Merit System, Compensation, Expenses and Miscellaneous Benefits|Subchapter VI - Leaves of Absence|§ 587a. Annual Leave Lump Sum Separation Fund

 (a) There is hereby established in the Treasury of the Virgin Islands a special non-lapsing fund designated and known as the “Annual Leave Lump Sum Separation Fund”. The Commissioner of Finance shall maintain and provide for the administration of the fund as a separate and distinct fund in the Treasury and no monies shall be available for expenditure therefrom except as provided in this section. (b) The fund shall be used exclusively for the payment of accumulated annual leave. (c) The fund shall consist of an annual appropriation by the Legislature inclusive of the estimated annual leave separation liability for the Executive, Legislative and Judicial branches of the Government of the Virgin Islands as processed in the ERP-HR Module. (d) Monies shall be disbursed from the Annual Leave Lump Sum Separation Fund by the Commissioner of Finance, upon authorization and direction of the Director of Personnel after the Separation Personnel Action is processed in the ERP-HR Module. (e) The Commissioner of Finance shall maintain a record of all monies deposited into and disbursed from the Annual Leave Lump Sum Separation Fund and shall submit quarterly reports to the Governor and the Legislature on the status of the fund.