WEST virginia Legislature

2018 regular session

Introduced

House Bill 4029

By Delegate Summers

[Introduced January 11, 2018; Referred
to the Committee on Health and Human Resources then Finance]

A BILL to amend the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, by adding thereto a new article, designated §5-30-1, increasing pay for social workers.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:

ARTICLE 30. increasing pay for social workers.

§5-30-1.  One thousand dollar increase in social worker pay.

Each person in each level of social worker pay classifications employed as of July 1, 2018, to perform social work for any agency of the State of West Virginia, shall receive a $1000 increase in annual pay effective July 1, 2018. The annual pay for entry level classified service employees in Social Worker I, Social Worker 2 and Social Worker 3 positions for state agencies, hired after July 1, 2018, shall be increased by $1,000.

NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to increase pay of the state’s social workers to assist with recruitment and retention issues.

Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken from a heading or the present law and underscoring indicates new language that would be added.