West Virginia Code 21-5D-7 – Seniority and employment benefits
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(a) Nothing in this section entitles any returning employee to the accrual of any seniority or employment benefits during any period of family leave.
Terms Used In West Virginia Code 21-5D-7
- Employee: means any individual, hired for permanent employment, who has worked for at least twelve consecutive weeks performing services for remuneration within this state for any department, division, board, bureau, agency, commission or other unit of state government, or any county board of education in the state. See West Virginia Code 21-5D-2
- Employer: includes any department, division, board, bureau, agency, commission or other unit of state government and any county board of education in the state. See West Virginia Code 21-5D-2
- Employment benefits: means all benefits, other than salary or wages, provided or made available to employees by an employer, and includes group life insurance, health insurance, disability insurance, sick leave, annual leave, educational benefits and pensions, regardless of whether such benefits are provided by a policy or practice of an employer or by an employee benefit plan as defined in the federal Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974. See West Virginia Code 21-5D-2
(b) During any family leave by an employee, the employer shall continue group health insurance coverage for such employee: Provided, That the employee shall pay the employer the premium costs of such group health insurance coverage.