HB 2614
To allow money paid to state employees to go to their estate if they pass away before their retirement date
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Sign in to take action- Introduced
- Passed House of Delegates
- Passed Senate
- To Governor
- Became Law
Bill overview
This bill would allow money accumulated in an employee’s personal leave account to be paid to their estate upon their death before they reach retirement age. It ensures that this payment is made to the estate, not the employee, and specifies that no deductions be made for retirement contributions. The bill aims to provide financial support to the deceased employee’s family.
Key provisions
- Allows accrued and unused personal leave to be paid to an employee’s estate.
- Payment is made at the employee’s usual rate of pay at the time of death.
- No deductions are made for retirement contributions from the lump-sum payment.
- The payment is made one month after the estate requests it.
- Weekends and holidays are excluded when calculating the amount of leave.
- The lump sum payment cannot be used in final average salary calculations.
- This applies to full-time employees of county school boards.
Who is affected
- Full-time employees of county school boards
- The estates of deceased employees
- Families of deceased employees
Notable changes
- Provides a mechanism for distributing accrued leave upon death, which was not previously addressed.
- Specifically prohibits deductions for retirement contributions from the lump-sum payment.
- Clarifies that weekends and holidays are excluded from the calculation of accrued leave.
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