V16: Volunteer Leave Initiative

About the Program

Category: Personnel Management, Employment and Training (Best in Category)

Year: 2012

In the spirit of philanthropy, many employers have begun to allow employees to take days off of work to volunteer in the community. Fairfax County offers a unique employee benefit called Volunteer Activity Leave, which provides up to 16 hours of “volunteer leave” per year for each County employee to give back to the community where he or she lives and works. This innovative program not only serves as “added value” to the employees, but it also increases the capacity for enhancing their overall sense of engagement, contributes to the local and regional community, and gives the County a competitive advantage when recruiting talented people for the workforce.