West Virginia Code
Article 2. Employers and Employees Subject to Chapter; Extraterritorial Coverage
§23-2-7. Benefits of Chapter May Not Be Waived by Contract or Regulation

No employer or employee shall exempt himself or herself from the burden or waive the benefits of this chapter by any contract, agreement, rule, or regulation, and any such contract, agreement, rule, or regulation shall be pro tanto void.

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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. Insurance Commissioner to Be Furnished Information by Employers, State Tax Commissioner, and Workforce West Virginia; 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. Notice to Employees

§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 Proceeding...

§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 for Failing to Procure or Maintain Workers Compensation Insurance; 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

§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