H. B. 4666
(By Delegates Caputo, Argento, Martin and DeLong)
[Introduced February 21, 2006; 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 section, designated §21-5-19, relating to
requiring
employers to pay nurses at their regular rate of pay
for all the time they are on-call on the employer's premises.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, be amended
by adding thereto a new section, designated §21-5-19, to read as
follows:
ARTICLE 5. WAGE PAYMENT AND COLLECTION.
§21-5-19. Payment for on-call time on employer's premises.
When an employer requires a nurse to be on-call on the
employer's premises, the employer shall compensate the nurse at the
nurse's regular rate of pay for all the time the nurse is on-call.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to require
employers to pay
nurses at their regular rate of pay for all the time they are
on-call on the employer's premises.
This section is new; therefore, strike-throughs and
underscoring have been omitted.