HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 53
(By Delegates Pettit, Kuhn, Border, Butcher, Cann, Caputo,
Claypole, Coleman, Dalton, Doyle, Evans, Frederick, Harrison,
Linch, Louisos, Mahan, Overington, Prunty, Smith, Sparks, Tillis,
Tucker, Walters, Webb, Williams)
(March 4, 1998)
Requesting the Joint Committee on Government and Finance to make a
study of the impact of requiring employees to work in excess
of forty hours in any work week and of permitting employees to
decline to work in excess of forty hours in any work week.
Whereas, In as much as the health and safety of each and every
employee in West Virginia is of the utmost importance; and
Whereas, It is critical that business and industry operate in
a productive manner while preserving the quality of work; and
Whereas, Employee productivity and well-being is essential to
the economic health of the State of West Virginia; and
Whereas, It would be in the best interests of the State of West
Virginia to study the effect of requiring employees to work beyond
a forty-hour work week without consent, on both the employees and
their employers; therefore, be it
Resolved by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That the Joint Committee on Government and Finance is hereby
requested to review, examine and study the economic impact of permitting employees to decline to work beyond forty hours in any
work week and to make recommendations to the Legislature regarding
the same; and, be it
Further Resolved, That the Joint Committee on Government and
Finance report to the regular session of the Legislature, 1999, on
its findings, conclusions and recommendations, together with drafts
of any legislation necessary to effectuate its recommendations;
and, be it
Further Resolved, That the expenses necessary to conduct this
study, to prepare a report and to draft necessary legislation be
paid from legislative appropriations to the jJoint \cCommittee on
gGovernment and fFinance.