No employer shall discriminate in any manner against any of his present or former employees because of such present or former employee's receipt of or attempt to receive benefits under this chapter.
W. Va. Code § 23-5A-1
Discriminatory practices prohibited
Applied in 39 court decisions — leading case Reynolds v. American National Red Cross (2012)
Most recently applied in 241 W. Va. 660 - Rent-A-Center Inc. v. Anita Ellis (April 2019)
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