§21-5-13. Rules and Regulations
The commissioner shall make rules and regulations to the extent necessary to effectuate the purposes of this article, in accordance with the provisions of chapter twenty-nine-a of the Code of West Virginia, as amended.
§21-5-4a. Safe Harbor
(a) An employee, in bringing an action for the underpayment or nonpayment of wages and fringe benefits due upon the employees separation of employment as contemplated by 21-5-4 of this code, is not entitled to seek liquidated damages or attorneys fees from an employer without first making a written demand, as defined in subsection (c) […]
§21-5-5. Coercion of Employees to Purchase Merchandise in Payment of Wages; Sale of Merchandise for More Than Prevailing Cash Value
If any corporation, company, firm or person shall coerce or compel, or attempt to coerce or compel, an employee in its, their or his employment to purchase goods or supplies in payment of wages due him or to become due him or otherwise, from any corporation, company, firm or person, such first named corporation, company, […]
§21-5-5a. Definitions
As used in sections five-b, five-c and five-d of this article, unless the context clearly requires otherwise: (1) "Employer" means any individual, person, corporation, department, board, bureau, agency, commission, division, office, company, firm, partnership, council or committee of the state government; public benefit corporation, public authority or political subdivision of the state; or other business […]
§21-5-5b. Employer Limitations on Use of Detection of Deception Devices or Instruments; Exceptions
No employer may require or request either directly or indirectly, that any employee or prospective employee of the employer submit to a psychophysiological detection of deception examination, lie detector or other similar examination utilizing mechanical or electronic measures of physiological reactions to evaluate truthfulness, and no employer may knowingly allow the results of any examination […]
§21-5-5c. License Required for Psychophysiological Detection of Deception Examiners; Qualifications; Promulgation of Rules Governing Administration of Psychophysiological Detection of Deception Examinations
(a) No person, firm, or corporation shall administer a psychophysiological detection of deception examination, lie detector, or other similar examination utilizing mechanical or electronic measures of physiological reactions to evaluate truthfulness without holding a current valid license to do so as issued by the Commissioner of Labor. No examination shall be administered by a licensed […]
§21-5-5d. Penalties; Cause of Action
(a) It shall be a misdemeanor to administer or interpret a psychophysiological detection of deception, lie detector or similar examination utilizing mechanical or electronic measures of physiological reactions to evaluate truthfulness without having received a valid and current license to do so as issued by the commissioner of labor or in violation of any rule […]
§21-5-6. Refusal to Pay Wages or Redeem Orders
If any person, firm or corporation shall refuse for the period of five days to settle with and pay any of its employees at the intervals of time as provided in section three of this article, or to provide fringe benefits after the same are due, or shall neglect or refuse to redeem any cash […]
§21-5-7. Prime Contractor”s Responsibility for Wages and Benefits
(a) Whenever any person, firm, or corporation shall contract with another for the performance of any work which the prime contracting person has undertaken to perform for another, the prime contractor shall become civilly liable to employees engaged in the performance of work under the contract for the payment of wages and fringe benefits relating […]
§21-5-8. Checkweighman Where Wages Depend on Production
Where the amount of wages paid to any of the persons employed in any manufacturing, mining, or other enterprise employing labor, depends upon the amount produced by weight or measure, the persons so employed may, at their own cost, station or appoint at each place appointed for the weighing or measuring of the products of […]