HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 12
(By Delegates Pettit, Kuhn,
Butcher, Caputo,
Coleman, Evans, Houston, Louisos,
Mahan, Modesitt, Prunty, Tillis,
Tucker, Webb and Williams)
(February 4, 1999)
Requesting the joint committee on
government and finance to make
a study of the impact of
requiring employees to work in
excess of forty hours in any
work week and of permitting
employees to decline to work in
excess of forty hours in any
work week.
Whereas, Inasmuch as the health
and safety of each and every employee
in West Virginia is of the utmost
importance; and
Whereas, It is critical that business and industry operate in a
productive manner while preserving
the quality of work; and
Whereas, Employee productivity
and well-being is essential to the
economic health of the State of West
Virginia; and
Whereas, It would be in the best
interests of the State of West
Virginia to study the effect of
requiring employees to work beyond a
forty-hour work week without consent,
on both the employees and their
employers; therefore, be it
Resolved by the Legislature of
West Virginia:
That the joint committee on
government and finance is hereby
requested to review, examine and
study the economic impact of
permitting employees to decline to
work beyond forty hours in any work week and to make recommendations to
the Legislature regarding the same;
and, be it
Further Resolved, That the joint
committee on government and finance
report to the regular session of the
Legislature, 2000, on its findings,
conclusions and recommendations,
together with drafts of any
legislation necessary to effectuate
its recommendations; and, be it
Further Resolved,
That the
expenses necessary to conduct this
study, to prepare a report and to
draft necessary legislation be paid
from legislative appropriations to
the joint committee on government and
finance.