2019 US Virgin Islands Code
Title 24 - Labor
Chapter 3 - Labor Relations
§ 77. Complaint to Commissioner; investigations, hearings, and orders

Universal Citation: V.I. Code tit. 24, § 77 (2019)
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  • (a) Any employee discharged for any reason other than those contained in section 76 of this chapter may, within thirty (30) days after discharge, file a written complaint with the Commissioner.

  • (b) The Commissioner shall cause to be served upon the employer a copy of the complaint stating the charges and a written notice of hearing before the Commissioner which shall be held ten (10) days after service of the complaint. The Commissioner shall also provide such written notice to the employee filing the complaint. The employer named in the complaint may file an answer to the complaint and such employer and the employee filing the complaint may appear in person or otherwise and give testimony at the time and place of the hearing as fixed in the complaint. In any such proceedings, rules of evidence prescribed by the Commissioner shall be controlling.

  • (c) If upon all testimony taken the Commissioner finds that the employer named in the complaint has wrongfully discharged an employee, the Commissioner shall state his findings and shall serve on the employer an order requiring that the employee be reinstated with back pay. If upon all the testimony taken the Commissioner finds that the employee has not been wrongfully discharged, then the Commissioner shall state his findings of fact and shall issue an order dismissing the complaint.

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