From the effective date of this section, if any municipal police officer is required to work during a legal holiday as is specified in subsection (a), section one, article two, chapter two of this code, or if a legal holiday falls on the police officer's regular scheduled day off, he or she is allowed equal time off at a time as may be approved by the chief of police under whom he or she serves or, in the alternative, shall be paid at a rate not less than one and one-half times his or her regular rate of pay: Provided, That if a special election of a political subdivision other than a municipality falls on a Saturday or Sunday, the municipality may choose not to recognize the day of the election as a holiday if a majority of the municipality's city council votes not to recognize the day of the election as a holiday.
W. Va. Code § 8-14-2a
Policemen who are required to work during holidays; how compensated
Known as the Municipal Code
The act spans §§ 8–8 (711 sections).
Applied in 2 court decisions — leading case State ex rel. McDowell County Correctional Officers' Ass'n v. Yeager (1989)
Most recently applied in 223 W. Va. 445 - City of Bridgeport v. Matheny (March 2009)
Official source: West Virginia Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain West Virginia statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.