In the event of the death of any employee, wages due him by a person, firm or corporation not in excess of $800 may upon proper demand be paid, in the absence of actual notice of the pendency of probate proceedings, without requiring letters testamentary or of administration in the following order of preference to decedent's: (1) Surviving spouse, (2) children eighteen years of age and over in equal shares, (3) father and mother, or survivor, (4) sisters and brothers, or to the person who pays the funeral expenses. Payments under this section shall release and discharge the person, firm or corporation to the amount of such payment.
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