SB661 HFAT Phillips 3-9

Wiseman 3383

Delegate Phillips moved to amend the bill by striking out the title and substituting therefor a new title, to read as follows:

“A BILL to amend and reenact §23-5A-3 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to the preferential recall rights of an employee who is off work due to a compensable injury; providing that any demand for reinstatement made by an injured employee must be made in writing; providing for how and where the demand for reinstatement must be mailed; providing requirements for an injured employee’s reinstatement to his or her former position; providing for a preferential recall time period of 120 days when the injured employee is employed by contractors as defined by §30-42-3 of said code; stating that it is the employee’s obligation to continually seek the possibility of employment during the preferential recall period; and providing that the employee’s right to preferential recall terminates once the employer offers the employee his or her former position or a comparable position.”

Adopted

Rejected