Employee activity on official work time; use of City communication systems.
Richmond, Va., City Code § 2-1684
in effectSec. 2-1684. - Employee activity on official work time; use of City communication systems.
(a) Employees shall have the right to hold informal conversations and interactions with one another to discuss workplace and employee organization issues while on duty, provided that such conversations do not interfere with the employee's job duties.
(b) In the absence of a collective bargaining agreement or a provision in such an agreement governing employee labor relations activity on official time, any employee representing an employee organization that has been recognized as an exclusive bargaining agent in the negotiation of an agreement under this division shall be authorized official time in amounts reasonable for such purposes, including attendance at impasse resolution proceedings.
(c) Employees are not prohibited from, and shall not be penalized or retaliated against for, using City electronic mail, telephone, facsimile transmission, bulletin board, or other communication systems owned by the City to discuss employee organization business or activities or employee organizing activities; however, the City remains the owner of such communication systems, and no employee shall have any expectation of privacy in the use of such a communication system.
(Code 2020, § 2-1301.5; Ord. No. 2022-221, § 1, 7-25-2022)
Source: City of Richmond, Virginia, Code (2026 recodification) and Charter (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/va/richmond/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=PTIICICO_CH2AD_ARTVIPE_DIV6COBA_S2-1684EMACOFWOTIUSCOSYFetched: 11/8/2026