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Secretary of labor accuses Elkins business of worker violations
ELKINS — The U.S. secretary of labor is suing an Elkins business, alleging violation of workers compensation acts in failing to pay the minimum wage. -
Paulson selected as Henry Toll Fellow
LEXINGTON — Robert Paulson, general council at the West Virginia Department of Administration, has been selected to participate in the Council of State Governments’ (CSG) Henry Toll Fellowship Program. -
Senators hold field hearing to discuss local impact of EPA regulations
LOGAN – West Virginia Senators Shelley Moore Capito and Joe Manchin, along with U.S. Representative Evan Jenkins held a field hearing at Chief Logan Conference Center to discuss the local impact of the EPA’s climate regulations. -
Labor's new rule doesn't work
We've got seven more months of this nonsense: rogue federal agencies overreaching, usurping legislative powers, and trying to pull fast ones by reinterpreting existing rules or adding unauthorized new verbiage to them. -
Annual SuperVision Symposium covers latest In workplace laws
CHARLESTON – The annual SuperVision Symposium held July 1 brought more than 50 business and human resources professionals together in West Virginia to discuss the latest issues in workplace laws and conduct. -
Blankenship thanks supporters in letter before reporting to prison
CHARLESTON – Before he reported to federal prison in California, former Massey Energy CEO Don Blankenship penned a letter to thank those who had written on his behalf before his sentencing. Blankenship was sentenced last month to one year in prison and ordered to pay a $250,000 fine for conspiring to willfully violate mine safety standards at the Upper Big Branch Mine in Raleigh County. An explosion at the mine in 2010 killed 29 miners. -
Right to work is right for West Virginia
CHARLESTON – The West Virginia Legislature has signaled that it will take up a right-to-work (RTW) bill in the 2016 session, which begins Jan. 13. -
Worker claims K&K Home Builders fired him for demanding prevailing wages
WHEELING – A Brooke County man claims that he was fired after K&K Home Builders Inc. created a hostile work environment when he complained of working for wages below the legal rate. -
Wheeling construction firm appeals state order for job sites posting
MOUNDSVILLE -- A Wheeling construction company is appealing the state's decision to make it post a wage bond before taking any more work. -
Inspector sues mine owners over injury
WHEELING -- A state inspector is suing the owners of a mine where he was injured by a miner. -
Judge: Car dealer can refuse contraceptive coverage
By KYLA ASBURY CHARLESTON – A federal judge has ruled that Joe Holland Chevrolet will not have to provide insurance coverage for some contraceptives to its employees. District Judge Thomas E. -
Judge: Car dealer can refuse contraceptive coverage
CHARLESTON – A federal judge has ruled that Joe Holland Chevrolet will not have to provide insurance coverage for some contraceptives to its employees. -
Women sue Enrichment Center for FLSA violations
CHARLESTON – Two women are suing Kanawha Valley Enrichment Center for violating the Fair Labor Standards Act. -
House passes medical liability insurance bill
CHARLESTON – A bill meant to control the cost of liability insurance and to maintain access to affordable health care services for West Virginians is headed for the governor’s desk. -
Railroad seeks to dismiss former employee's suit
CHARLESTON – Norfolk Southern Railway Company filed a motion to dismiss in a lawsuit against it for allegedly accusing an employee of falsifying a workplace injury. -
Blankenship pleads not guilty
BECKLEY – Former Massey Energy CEO Don Blankenship pleaded not guilty Thursday to federal charges he was to blame for the April 2010 explosion at the Upper Big Branch Mine that killed 29 miners. -
Grand jury indicts Blankenship
CHARLESTON – A federal grand jury on Thursday returned an indictment charging former Massey Energy CEO Don Blankenship with four criminal offenses related to the April 2010 explosion at the Upper Big Branch Mine that killed 29 miners. -
PERSONNEL FILE: Seven Jackson Kelly attorneys named among Who's Who in Energy
CHARLESTON – Seven Jackson Kelly attorneys recently were named among Who’s Who in Energy 2014 in the Pittsburgh Business Times and the Denver Business Times. -
Man says Wok and Roll wrongly fired him
CHARLESTON -- A West Virginia resident is suing a former employer, claiming he was fired without just cause. -
PERSONNEL FILE: Nutzman named partner at Dinsmore
CHARLESTON – Dinsmore & Shohl has announced that Jason M. Nutzman has been named Partner.