WEST virginia legislature
2017 regular session
Introduced
House Bill 2698
By Delegate Deem
[Introduced February 24,
2017; Referred
to the Committee on Government Organization then the Judiciary.]
A BILL to amend the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, by adding thereto a new article, designated §5-11B-1, relating to providing certain notice to civil service exempt employees dismissed from employment due to change in administration.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended by amended by adding thereto a new article, designated §5-11B-1, to read as follows:
article 11B. Public policy requiring notice to certain dismissed employees.
§5-11B-1. Public policy declared; notice required.
It is the public policy of this state that any civil service exempt, at-will employee of the state or its political subdivisions, dismissed from employment due to change in administration, be provided with not less than a two-day notice of dismissal and not less than a period of two days allotted for the employee to vacate his or her office.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to provide to any at-will, civil service exempt employee, dismissed from a job due to a change in administration, a minimum notice and time to vacate his or her office.
Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken from a heading or the present law and underscoring indicates new language that would be added.