In the event that the claim of any employee or group of employees having wages and fringe benefits unpaid is in an amount in excess of the bond required in section fourteen of this article, the manner of distribution and order of priority of claims shall be as follows: Unpaid wages; unpaid fringe benefits; damages or expenses incurred or arising out of actual injury: Provided, That nothing contained in this section shall be construed so as to limit any other cause of action against any person, firm or corporation.
Structure West Virginia Code
Article 5. Wage Payment and Collection
§21-5-2. Semimonthly Payment of Wages by Railroads
§21-5-3. Payment of Wages by Employers Other Than Railroads; Assignments of Wages
§21-5-4. Cash Orders; Employees Separated From Payroll Before Paydays; Employer Provided Property
§21-5-5b. Employer Limitations on Use of Detection of Deception Devices or Instruments; Exceptions
§21-5-5d. Penalties; Cause of Action
§21-5-6. Refusal to Pay Wages or Redeem Orders
§21-5-7. Prime Contractor"s Responsibility for Wages and Benefits
§21-5-8. Checkweighman Where Wages Depend on Production
§21-5-9. Notification, Posting and Records
§21-5-10. Provisions of Law May Not Be Waived by Agreement
§21-5-11. Administrative Enforcement
§21-5-13. Rules and Regulations
§21-5-14. Employer’s Bond for Wages and Benefits
§21-5-14a. Insufficiency of Bond; Manner of Distribution
§21-5-15. Violations; Cease and Desist Orders and Appeals Therefrom; Criminal Penalties
§21-5-16. Contractors and Subcontractors to Notify Commissioner