Payment for accumulated and accrued leave to survivors of deceased personnel

1. Law
2. US Virgin Islands Code
3. Executive
4. Personnel Merit System, Compensation, Expenses and Miscellaneous Benefits
5. Leaves of Absence
6. Payment for accumulated and accrued leave to survivors of deceased personnel

• 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 received had he remained in the Service until the expiration of the period of such annual or vacation leave, shall be paid, upon the establishment of a valid claim therefor—

  • (1) to the beneficiary or beneficiaries, if any, lawfully designated by such officer or employee; or

  • (2) if there be no such designated beneficiary or beneficiaries, to the following first person or persons who are alive on the date title to the payment arises—

    • (A) to the widow or widower;

    • (B) if there be neither of the above, to the child or children in equal shares, with the share of any deceased child distributed among the descendants of that child;

    • (C) if there be none of the above, to the parents in equal shares or the entire amount to the surviving parent; or

    • (D) if there be none of the above, to the duly appointed legal representative of the estate of the deceased employee, or if there be no such representative, to the person or persons determined to be entitled thereto under the laws of the domicile of the deceased employee.

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