(a) The term "employer," as used in this section, shall mean and include an individual, a partnership, an association, a corporation, a legal representative, a trustee, receiver, trustee in bankruptcy, and any common carrier by rail, motor, water, air or express company doing business in or operating within the state.
(b) The term "employee" shall mean and include every person who may be permitted, required or directed by any employer, as defined in subsection (a), in consideration of direct or indirect gain or profit, to engage in any employment.
(c) It shall be unlawful for any employer, as defined in subsection (a) to require any employee or applicant for employment to pay the cost of a medical examination as a condition of employment.
(d) Any employer who violates the provisions of this section shall be liable to a penalty of not more than $100 for each and every violation. It shall be the duty of the commissioner of labor to enforce this section.
Structure West Virginia Code
Article 3. Safety and Welfare of Employees
§21-3-3a. National Electrical Code Minimum Standards
§21-3-4. Removal of Safeguards
§21-3-6. Stairways, Passageways and Lights; Overloading Floors or Walls; Space Between Machines
§21-3-7. Regulation of Operation of Steam Boilers
§21-3-8. Smoking Where Prohibited by Sign
§21-3-10. Food or Meals in Factories
§21-3-11. Seats for Female Employees
§21-3-13. Washing Facilities and Dressing Rooms
§21-3-15. Records and Reports of Commissioner, Inspectors and Chief Clerk
§21-3-16. Inclosure of Streetcar Platforms
§21-3-18. Hazardous Chemical Substances; Notice to Employees; Reports to Commissioner; Penalties
§21-3-19. Discrimination for Use of Tobacco Products Prohibited
§21-3-20. Use of Video and Other Electronic Surveillance Devices by Employers Prohibited