HB2646 S JUD AMT #1 3-3

Graham  4841

The Committee on Judiciary moved to amend the bill by striking out the title and substituting therefor a new title, to read as follows:

Eng. House Bill 2646—A Bill to amend the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, by adding thereto a new section, designated §21-5-4a, relating to providing a safe harbor for employers to correct underpayment or nonpayment of wages and fringe benefits due to separated employees prior to the filing of a lawsuit; prohibiting an employee from seeking liquidated damages or attorney’s fees when bringing an action for the underpayment or nonpayment of wages and fringe benefits due upon the employee’s separation of employment without first making a written demand to the employer; requiring the employer to inform the employee in writing of who the authorized representative is and where to send a written demand; exempting employee from compliance where employer fails to provide written notice; providing a time limit during which the employer must correct the nonpayment or underpayment; permitting an employee to file a written demand with the employer on behalf of a class; and allowing the class action to proceed if only the named employee is paid; and defining the term “written demand”.

Adopted

Rejected