Employment laws and bills in West Virginia

Every bill in the West Virginia Legislature that falls inside the Employment and Labor Legislation Tracker's scope, with where each one currently stands.

Bills in scope
104bills in scope
Past committee
11past committee
Most recent action
29 June 2026most recent action

Employment laws enacted in West Virginia in 2026

7 Employment bills were enacted in West Virginia this year, the latest with a last action on 29 June 2026. They lead the list below.

Employment bills in West Virginia

9Enacted

2Past committee

93Introduced or inactive

104 bills in scope

Enacted

9

HB 4025Exempting certain employees from the classified civil service systemEnactedHB 5480Relating to establishing the West Virginia Youth Summer Employment and Career Readiness Program.EnactedHB 5515Relating to modernizing and updating workers’ compensation statutes.EnactedSB 1053Authorizing Unemployment Automation and Administration Fund to modernize and enhance WorkForce West VirginiaEnactedSB 402Workforce Readiness and Opportunity ActEnactedSB 490Approving short-term training programs for eligibility for federal Workforce Pell GrantsEnactedSB 945Permitting Adjutant General to pay employees during federal government shutdown or furloughEnactedSB 427Permitting certain teenagers to work without obtaining work permitEnactedHB 2441To make those who fail drug test ineligible for unemploymentEnacted

Past committee

2

HB 2052Eliminating the requirement that the apprenticeship training tax credit base be limited to wages paid to apprentices in the construction tradesPassed chamberSB 611Excluding workers of ski area operators from maximum hour requirementsPassed committee

Introduced or inactive

14 of 93 shown

SB 114Creating Paid Parental Leave Pilot ProgramIn committeeSB 1073Classifying independent contractors and employeesIn committeeHB 5671Increasing the minimum wage based upon increases in the consumer price indexIn committeeHB 5539West Virginia Coal Miners Employment ActIn committeeHB 5542Repeal WV Right to WorkIn committeeHB 5571To provide a pay equity salary adjustment for non-uniformed employees of the Division of Corrections and RehabilitationIn committeeHB 5617To allow authorized retailers, qualified as workforce training community centes, to retain a portion of consumer sales and use taxesIn committeeHB 5485Relating to increasing the state minimum wage.In committeeHB 4978Permitting Workforce WV to actively reach out to Unemployment Compensation filers with available jobs that fit their prior job history and salary rangeIn committeeHB 5456Relating to disability pay for West Virginia State TroopersIn committeeHB 5424Verifying legal employment status of workers.In committeeSB 904Modernizing and updating workers’ compensation statutesIn committeeHB 5358Authorizing the West Virginia Commissioner of Highways to offer locality pay to Division of Highways employees working in certain jurisdictionsIn committeeHB 5256Relating to wages of persons with disabilitiesIn committee

Showing the 25 furthest along of 104. Subscribers see all of them, filtered and searchable. Bill titles link to the West Virginia Legislature's own page.

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What counts as Employment and Labor Legislation legislation

In scope is any bill governing the employment relationship: minimum, prevailing and overtime wages, wage theft, worker classification and gig work, paid sick, family and medical leave, unemployment and workers' compensation, discrimination, harassment, pay equity and pay range disclosure, unions and public sector bargaining, workplace safety and heat standards, electronic monitoring and automated hiring tools, and noncompete and nondisclosure agreements.

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