West Virginia
In addition to federal posting requirements, a West Virginia employer should ensure compliance with individual state and local requirements for workplace posters. This chart contains information regarding West Virginia-specific notice posting requirements.
As mandated by the West Virginia Division of Labor, every employer covered by the West Virginia Minimum Wage and Maximum Hours Standard must post the West Virginia Minimum Wage Poster.
West Virginia employers seeking to explain how the handbook and supplement should be read together and that neither the handbook nor the supplement alter an employee's at-will status should consider including this model policy statement in their handbook.
West Virginia employers seeking to educate employees about the availability of leave for volunteer emergency responders and to demonstrate compliance with West Virginia law should consider including this model policy statement in their handbook.
West Virginia employers with six or more full-time employees that seek to inform employees about the availability of leave for a public official should consider including this model policy statement in their handbook.
West Virginia employers with factories, mercantile establishments, mills or workshops seeking to prohibit smoking in the workplace, inform employees that smoking is prohibited in the workplace and demonstrate compliance with West Virginia law should consider including this model policy statement in their handbook.
West Virginia employers seeking to educate employees about meal break requirements and inform supervisors about the need to provide meal breaks or opportunities to eat a meal while working should consider including this model policy statement in their handbook.
West Virginia employers that employ minor employees under age 16 and seek to inform the minor employees and their supervisors about legally required meal breaks and to demonstrate compliance with West Virginia law should consider including this model policy statement in their handbook.