ST50 Virgin Islands (December 2007; Updated August 2010)
1.18: USERRA and Other Laws
2.0: Paid Leave

Paid Military Leave in the Virgin Islands

By Captain Samuel F. Wright, JAGC, USN (Ret.)

Virgin Islands law provides as follows concerning paid military leave for governmental employees:

“(a) An officer or employee of the Government of the Virgin Islands, its agencies, authorities and public corporations, is entitled to leave without loss in pay, time or performance or efficiency rating for each day, not in excess of 30 days in a calendar year in which he is on federal active duty, or training duty as a Reserve of the Armed Forces, or a member of the National Guard.

“(b) An officer or employee of the Government of the Virgin Islands, its agencies, authorities and public corporations, is entitled to leave without loss in pay, time or performance or efficiency rating for each day in which he is on Territorial active military service.

“(c) An officer or employee of the Government of the Virgin Islands, its agencies, authorities and public corporations, who is on federal active duty, or training duty as a reserve of the Armed Forces, or a member of the National Guard, in excess of 30 days in a calendar year, is entitled to the difference in salary between the pay received from the military and his salary as an officer or employee of the Government of the Virgin Islands, if the military salary is not greater than the Government of the Virgin Islands salary. Such an officer or employee incurs no loss of time, performance or efficiency rating for each day of active duty or training duty.” (Virgin Islands Code, section 1524.)"

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