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Wage Payment and Collection

W. Va. Code § 21-5-1— Definitions
W. Va. Code § 21-5-2— Semimonthly payment of wages by railroads
W. Va. Code § 21-5-3— Payment of wages by employers other than railroads; assignments of wages
W. Va. Code § 21-5-4— Cash orders; employees separated from payroll before paydays; employer provided property
W. Va. Code § 21-5-4a— Safe Harbor
W. Va. Code § 21-5-5— Coercion of employees to purchase merchandise in payment of wages; sale of merchandise for more than prevailing cash value
W. Va. Code § 21-5-5a— Definitions
W. Va. Code § 21-5-5b— Employer limitations on use of detection of deception devices or instruments; exceptions
W. Va. Code § 21-5-5c— License required for psychophysiological detection of deception examiners; qualifications; promulgation of rules governing administration of psychophysiological detection of deception examinations
W. Va. Code § 21-5-5d— Penalties; cause of action
W. Va. Code § 21-5-6— Refusal to pay wages or redeem orders
W. Va. Code § 21-5-7— Prime contractor’s responsibility for wages and benefits
W. Va. Code § 21-5-8— Checkweighman where wages depend on production
W. Va. Code § 21-5-8a— Deceased employees
W. Va. Code § 21-5-9— Notification, posting and records
W. Va. Code § 21-5-10— Provisions of law may not be waived by agreement
W. Va. Code § 21-5-11— Administrative enforcement
W. Va. Code § 21-5-12— Employees' remedies
W. Va. Code § 21-5-13— Rules and regulations
W. Va. Code § 21-5-14— Employer’s bond for wages and benefits
W. Va. Code § 21-5-14a— Insufficiency of bond; manner of distribution
W. Va. Code § 21-5-15— Violations; cease and desist orders and appeals therefrom; criminal penalties
W. Va. Code § 21-5-16— Contractors and subcontractors to notify commissioner
W. Va. Code § 21-5-17— Employers prohibited from discharging employees for time lost as volunteer firemen or emergency medical service attendant
W. Va. Code § 21-5-18— Employers prohibited from discharging employees for time lost as emergency medical service personnel