Terms Used In Virginia Code > Title 40.1 > Chapter 3 > Article 2.2 - . Organ Donation Leave.

• Commission: means the Safety and Health Codes Board. See Virginia Code 40.1-2
• Commissioner: means the Commissioner of Labor and Industry. See Virginia Code 40.1-2
• Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
• Donor: The person who makes a gift.
• Eligible employee: means an individual who has requested that an employer provide organ donation leave and who, as of the date that the requested organ donation leave begins, will have been employed by that employer for at least (i) a 12-month period and (ii) 1,250 hours during the previous 12 months. See Virginia Code 40.1-33.7
• Employee: means any person who, in consideration of wages, salaries or commissions, may be permitted, required or directed by any employer to engage in any employment directly or indirectly. See Virginia Code 40.1-2
• employer: includes the Commonwealth and its agencies, institutions, and political subdivisions. See Virginia Code 40.1-33.7
• Includes: means includes, but not limited to. See Virginia Code 1-218
• Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
• Organ donation leave: means leave of an eligible employee for the purpose of donating one or more of such employee's human organs, including bone marrow, to be medically transplanted into the body of another individual. See Virginia Code 40.1-33.7
• Person: includes any individual, corporation, partnership, association, cooperative, limited liability company, trust, joint venture, government, political subdivision, or any other legal or commercial entity and any successor, representative, agent, agency, or instrumentality thereof. See Virginia Code 1-230