This bill amends Virgin Islands law to authorize the Commissioners of Health, Education, and Police to offer bonuses of up to $10,000 to nurses, teachers, and police officers who are eligible to retire, as an incentive to continue working. Employees receiving over $5,000 must work at least two additional years, while those receiving over $7,500 must work at least three and a half additional years. The amendment aims to retain employees with invaluable skills by enticing them to remain in their jobs for a specified period after reaching retirement age.

1. COMMITTEE ON FINANCIAL SERVICES, INFRASTRUCTURE AND
CONSUMER AFFAIRS
BILL NO. 28-0027
Twenty-Eighth Legislature of the Virgin Islands
March 30, 2009
An Act amending title 3 Virgin Islands Code, chapter 25 to add a section authorizing certain
agencies to pay bonuses to certain employees in order to retain their services
PROPOSED BY: Senator Celestino A White, Sr.
1 Be it enacted by the Legislature of the Virgin Islands:
2 SECTION 1. Title 3 Virgin Islands Code, chapter 25, is amended by adding section
3 570b to read:
4 Ҥ 570b. The Commissioners of The Department of Health, The Department of
5 Education and Virgin Islands Police Department are authorized to offer bonuses of up to
6 $10,000 to nurses, teachers and police officers who seek to retire when they reach the age of
7 retirement or in the case of police officers before the mandatory retirement age provided in
8 title 3 Virgin Islands Code, section 705, subsection (c), as an incentive to continue in the
9 employment of their respective Department. An employee receiving a bonus of more than
10 $5,000 shall work not less than two additional years and an employee receiving more than
11 $5,000 shall work not less than three and one half additional years.”
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1 BILL SUMMARY
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3 Section 1 amends title 3 Virgin Islands Code, chapter 25, by adding a new section
4 570b to authorize the Commissioners of the Department of Health, Education and Police to
5 offer bonuses to certain employees who have reached the retirement age but possess skills
6 which are invaluable to the agency, to entice to remain on the job for a specific minimum
7 time period.
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9 BR09-0332T/March 17, 2009/AA
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