West Virginia Code
Article 7E. Duty to Mitigate Damages in Employment Claims
§55-7E-1. Definitions

In this article:
(a) "Back pay" means the wages that an employee would have earned, had the employee not suffered from an adverse employment action, from the time of the adverse employment action through the time of trial.
(b) "Front pay" means the wages that an employee would have earned, had the employee not suffered from an adverse employment action, from the time of trial through a future date.

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