Senate Bill No. 333
(By Senators White and Hunter)
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[Introduced January 26, 2007; referred to the Committee on the
Judiciary.]
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A BILL to amend the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, by
adding thereto a new section, designated §22A-2-71b, relating
to providing whistle-blower protection to miners who complain
to government authorities about health or safety hazards
existing at the nonunion mine sites where they are employed.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, be amended
by adding thereto a new section, designated §22A-2-71b, to read as
follows:
ARTICLE 2. UNDERGROUND MINES.
§22A-2-71b. Whistle-Blower Protection for complainants in
nonunion mines.
In the event any miner or other employee employed at a
nonunion mine site complains to any public agency, including the
Office of Miner's Health, Safety and Training, concerning the existence of any perceived health or safety hazard at the mine
site,
the public agency and its employees, including the Office of
Miner's Health, Safety and Training and its employees, may not
divulge the identity of the complainant unless the complainant
agrees in writing that his or her identity may be divulged.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to
provide whistle-blower
protection to miners who complain to government authorities about
health or safety hazards existing at the nonunion mine sites where
they are employed.
This section is new; therefore, strike-throughs and
underscoring have been omitted.
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