There is hereby continued an employee suggestion award program within the Department of Administration for employees of state government. Under this program cash or honorary awards may be made to state employees whose adopted suggestions will result in substantial savings or improvement in state operations.
There is hereby continued an employee suggestion award board which shall be composed of the secretary of administration or his or her designee, Governor's chief technology officer or his or her designee, the President of the Senate or his or her designee, the Speaker of the House of Delegates or his or her designee, two […]
It shall be the duty of the board to adopt rules governing its proceedings, to elect a chairman and secretary, to keep permanent and accurate records of its proceedings, to establish criteria for making awards, to adopt rules and regulations to carry out the provisions of this article, and to approve each award made. In […]
(a) The maximum cash award approved is limited to twenty percent of the first year's estimated savings, as established by the head of the affected spending unit, or $16,000, whichever is less. A cash award approved by the board shall be charged by the head of the affected spending unit against the appropriation item or […]
The state shall become the sole owner of all suggestions accepted by the employee suggestion award board. The acceptance of a suggestion by the board shall constitute an agreement by the employee and the state that all claims pertaining to the suggestion, immediate and future, on the State of West Virginia are waived.
