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2017 West Virginia Code
CHAPTER 23. WORKERS' COMPENSATION.
ARTICLE 2. EMPLOYERS AND EMPLOYEES SUBJECT TO CHAPTER; EXTRATERRITORIAL COVERAGE.
- §23-2-1. Employers subject to chapter; elections not to provide certain coverages; notices; filing of business registration certificates.
- §23-2-1A. Employees subject to chapter.
- §23-2-1B. Special provisions as to premiums.
- §23-2-1C. Extraterritorial coverage; approval and change of agreements.
- §23-2-1D. Prime contractors and subcontractors liability.
- §23-2-2. Commission to be furnished information by employers, State Tax Commissioner and division of unemployment compensation; secrecy of information; examination of employers, etc.; violation a misdemeanor.
- §23-2-3. Report forms and other forms for use of employers.
- §23-2-4. Classification of industries; rate of premiums; authority to adopt various systems; accounts.
- §23-2-5. Application; payment of premium taxes; gross wages; payroll report; deposits; delinquency; default; reinstatement; payment of benefits; notice to employees; criminal provisions; penalties.
- §23-2-5A. Collection of premiums from defaulting employers; interest and penalties; civil remedies; creation and enforcement of lien against employer and purchaser; duty of Secretary of State to register liens; distraint powers; insolvency proceedings; Secretary of State to withhold certificates of dissolution; injunctive relief; bond; attorney fees and costs.
- §23-2-5B.
- §23-2-5C. Statute of limitations; effective date for new payments; previous payments due not affected.
- §23-2-5D. Uncollectible receivables; write-offs.
- §23-2-6. Exemption of contributing employers from liability.
- §23-2-6A. Exemption from liability of officers, managers, agents, representatives or employees of contributing employers.
- §23-2-7. Benefits of chapter may not be waived by contract or regulation.
- §23-2-8. Liability of employer electing not to pay or defaulting in payment of premiums; certain common-law defenses prohibited; exceptions.
- §23-2-9. Election of employer or employers' group to be self-insured and to provide own system of compensation; exceptions; self administration; rules; penalties; regulation of self-insurers.
- §23-2-9A. Sanctions for default by self-insured employers; rulemaking authority.
- §23-2-10. Application of chapter to interstate commerce.
- §23-2-11. Partial invalidity of chapter.
- §23-2-12. Effect of repeal or invalidity of chapter on action for damages.
- §23-2-13. Interest on past-due payments; reinstatement agreements.
- §23-2-14. Sale or transfer of business; attachment of lien for premium, etc.; payments due; criminal penalties for failure to pay; creation and avoidance or elimination of lien; enforcement of lien; successor liability.
- §23-2-15. Liabilities of successor employer; waiver of payment by commission; assignment of predecessor employer's premium rate to successor.
- §23-2-16. Acceptance or assignment of premium rate.
- §23-2-17. Employer right to hearing; content of petition; appeal.
- §23-2-18.
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