Title 3 — Executive
37 chapters · 651 sections in this title.
3 V.I.C. § 551b Increase in salaries of Deputy and Assistant Commissioners and Assistant Attorneys General
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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.
3 V.I.C. § 551c Increase in salaries of certain officers when designated for important functions
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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 …
3 V.I.C. § 551d Cost-of-living bonuses; persons within certain pay ranges and per diem employees
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(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 thi…
3 V.I.C. § 552 Policy
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(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 s…
3 V.I.C. § 553 Craft and Labor Schedule
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(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 Schedule Craft and Labor Schedule GradeHourly Rates and Steps …
3 V.I.C. § 554 Teacher Schedule
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(a) The Teacher Schedule which follows is the basic pay schedule for positions assigned to, and allocated to grades under, the Education System provided by section 493(c) of this chapter.(a) Basic Grades Non-degree Schedule GRADE STEPABCDEFGHI1$5,100$5,300$5,500$5,700$5,900$6,100…
3 V.I.C. § 555 General Schedule
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(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. G…
3 V.I.C. § 555a Public Safety Schedule
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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 O…
3 V.I.C. § 555b Minimum salary for government employees
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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 $35,000 per annum. No full-t…
3 V.I.C. § 556 Pay determinations
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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.
3 V.I.C. § 557 New appointments
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(1) 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 …
3 V.I.C. § 558 Within-grade salary increases
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(a) (1) An employee in a position subject to this subchapter shall receive a one-step within-grade increase upon completion of 12 months of service since his last salary increase if his performance during that period of service has been rated “satisfactory” or better, until he ha…
3 V.I.C. § 558a Premium wage for counsellors and housekeepers at welfare institutions
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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 …
3 V.I.C. § 558b Extra pay or time off for Government employees required to work on holidays
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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 …
3 V.I.C. § 558c Repealed. Mar. 14, 1967, No. 1881, § 2, Sess. L. 1967, p. 51
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3 V.I.C. § 558c Statutes current through Act 9046 of the 2025 session of the 36th Legislature, including all code changes through October 25, 2025 Virgin Islands Code AnnotatedCopyright © 2026 All rights reserved.
3 V.I.C. § 559 Pay differentials
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(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 a…
3 V.I.C. § 560 Overtime and holiday pay and compensatory time
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(a) (1) An employee whose position is paid under the Craft and Labor Schedule or whose position is in Grades 1 through 27 of the General Schedule or who is paid under any special compensation schedule and who is not covered by a collective bargaining agreement shall receive compe…
3 V.I.C. § 561 Computation of rates of pay
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(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…
3 V.I.C. § 562 Pay periods
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(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…
3 V.I.C. § 563 Initial pay adjustment
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(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, s…
3 V.I.C. § 564 Emergency employment
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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 safet…
3 V.I.C. § 565 Civil and restraining actions by citizens and employees
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(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, c…
3 V.I.C. § 566 Unclassified positions
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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.
3 V.I.C. § 567 Holiday pay for temporary hourly workers
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A temporary employee paid on an hourly basis, shall receive 8 hours pay for each regular Government holiday.
3 V.I.C. § 568 Allowance for uniforms
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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.
3 V.I.C. § 569 Special workdays
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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 …
3 V.I.C. § 570 Career incentive program
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(a) There is hereby established a career incentive pay program offering pay differentials to police officers of all ranks of the U.S. Virgin Islands Police Department (V.I.P.D.), Virgin Islands marshals and probation officers of the Superior Court, corrections officers of the Bur…
3 V.I.C. § 570a Incentive programs
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(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 Polic…
3 V.I.C. § 581 Annual leave; employees of Department of Education
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(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 Su…
3 V.I.C. § 582 Earning rate
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(1) 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…
3 V.I.C. § 583 Sick leave
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(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 o…
3 V.I.C. § 583a Monthly notification of accruals
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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.
3 V.I.C. § 583b Donated Leave Program
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(a) Any employee of the Government of the Virgin Islands, including employees of the Legislature, the judicial branch, the University of the Virgin Islands, and all independent or semi-autonomous agencies and instrumentalities of the Government of the Virgin Islands, shall be eli…
3 V.I.C. § 583c Donated Sick Leave Bank
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(a) In this section(1) “Director” means the Director of the Division of Personnel, or the Director's designee.(2) “Donated Sick Leave Bank” or “Bank” means a depository and system of accounting for voluntarily pooled and irrevocably donated accumulated personal sick leave and ann…
3 V.I.C. § 584 Sick leave for temporary employees
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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.
3 V.I.C. § 584a Duty-connected disability
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(a) In the event that disability compensation is awarded to an employee of the Government of the United States Virgin Islands under the provisions of the Virgin Islands Workers' Compensation Administration Law, the injured employee is entitled to receive from the employing unit, …
3 V.I.C. § 585 Absence of veterans for funeral attendance
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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 ce…
3 V.I.C. § 586 Leave for jury service
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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.
3 V.I.C. § 587 Payment for accumulated or accrued leave upon separation from Service
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(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…
3 V.I.C. § 587a Annual Leave Lump Sum Separation Fund
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(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 distin…
3 V.I.C. § 588 Refund upon re-employment before expiration of period covered by leave payment
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If any officer or employee paid under section 587 of this title is reemployed in the Government Service under the same leave system prior to the expiration of the period covered by such leave payment, he shall refund to the Government an amount equal to the compensation covering …
3 V.I.C. § 589 Payment for accumulated and accrued leave to survivors of deceased personnel
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(1) Upon the death of any civilian officer or employee of the Government of the United States Virgin Islands, compensation for all his accumulated and current accrued annual or vacation leave in a lump sum equal to the compensation that such officer or employee would have receive…
3 V.I.C. § 590 Administrative leave for reserve military service
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All personnel of the Government of the United States Virgin Islands, including personnel of authorities, independent boards, agencies, and other instrumentalities of the Government of the United States Virgin Islands, who are members of an active reserve unit of any branch of the…
3 V.I.C. § 590a American Red Cross Volunteers
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(a) All personnel of the Government of the Virgin Islands, including personnel of authorities, independent boards, agencies, and other instrumentalities of the Government of the Virgin Islands, who are American Red Cross volunteers and certified in disaster relief services, and u…
3 V.I.C. § 590b Caregivers Leave Act
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(a) This section may be cited as The Caregivers Leave Act. (b) All fulltime employees of the Government of the Virgin Islands, including employees of independent boards, commissions, agencies, autonomous and semi-autonomous agencies, and instrumentalities of the Government of the…
3 V.I.C. § 590c Administrative leave during a medical pandemic and medical state of emergency
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(a) Whenever the Territory of the Virgin Islands is facing a medical pandemic, a territorial state of emergency, an endemic, a federal public health emergency, or a medical state of emergency is declared by the Governor of the Virgin Islands, all personnel of the Government of th…
3 V.I.C. § 591 Rights preserved after service in the Legislature
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Any employee of the Government of the United States Virgin Islands in the classified service who, while so employed, is elected to the Legislature of the Virgin Islands, is entitled to return to the classified service upon his termination from the Legislature. Such employee shall…
3 V.I.C. § 592 Rights of police officers preserved after service in an unclassified position
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(a) Any police officer in the classified service who, while so employed, is selected for unclassified service, is entitled to return to the classified service upon his termination from unclassified service within fifteen days after his written notice to the Director of Personnel …
3 V.I.C. § 593 Voluntary Leave Without Pay
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(a) With the exception of employees funded by federal monies and those exempted in section 5, subsection (a) of Act No. 7261, any employee who has accumulated five or more years of government service may take up to two years, but not less than one year of Voluntary Leave Without …
3 V.I.C. § 611 Travel expenses of appointees; transportation of household goods and personal effects
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(a) There is hereby authorized to be paid from the appropriations of the several departments, the expenses of travel of new appointees recruited from outside or within the Virgin Islands and their immediate families and expenses of transportation of their household goods and pers…