West Virginia Requirements Complete

West Virginia Requirements Complete

XpertHR is on track to have all 50 states and the District of Columbia by the end of July. We are completing states on a rolling basis until then and are now up to 37 states with the completion of West Virginia this week.

Our West Virginia Employment Law Coverage

XpertHR covers the complete spectrum of labor and employment law for West Virginia employers. For example, did you know:

• There are currently no West Virginia laws protecting breastfeeding. However, on January 11, 2012, West Virginia Senate Bill 4 was introduced to add § 16-1-19 to the West Virginia Code which would allow a mother to breastfeed a child in any location where the mother and child are otherwise authorized to be.
• West Virginia employers should avoid including definite promises in the employee handbook. For example, stating that the employer will only discharge the employee for specified reasons can alter the employment-at-will relationship as the promises will be considered unilateral contracts that modify the rights of the employer to discharge without cause.
• While West Virginia has no statutory requirements that restrict employers from asking for or using a job applicant's conviction records, the same does not hold true with arrests. Preemployment inquiries into arrest records in the Mountain State are prohibited. The rationale is that such inquiries are likely to screen out a large number of minority applicants, some of whom may have been arrested at one time based on their race.

This is but a taste of the depth and breadth provided to our West Virginia subscribers!

Our West Virginia Authors…

We have some very impressive contributors to our West Virginia coverage, including:

• Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC prepared a large part of our West Virginia content. Spilman is a full-service law firm with more than 140 attorneys. The firm's clients range from Fortune 500 companies to local family-owned businesses. Spilman's Labor and Employment Practice Group is ranked nationally by U.S. News & World Report and consists of more than 25 lawyers who provide counseling and litigation services on a wide variety of workplace issues. Spilman was also named to The National Law Journal's 2012 Midsize Hot List and several of the firm's attorneys and practice groups have been recognized by Super Lawyers and Chambers USA.
  • Review Spilman's West Virginia sections.
• Littler PC prepared our FMLA, ADA and Jury Duty sections for West Virginia. Littler is the largest U.S.-based law firm exclusively devoted to representing management in every aspect of labor and employment law. Littler was named "Law Firm of the Year" in Labor Law - Management for 2011-2012.
  • Review Littler's West Virginia sections.
• Fisher Phillips prepared our Worker's Compensation section. The attorneys at Fisher Phillips are focused solely on labor & employment law with 27 offices around the country and a broad and diverse client base of public and private employers around the nation.
  • Review Fisher Phillips West Virginia section.