2025 Regular Session
SB 713
Creating WV Workplace Security Act
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Bill overview
Senate Bill 713 creates the West Virginia Workplace Security Act to prohibit certain activities related to picketing that could disrupt workplaces. Specifically, the bill makes it unlawful to hinder employment through mass picketing, obstruct access to workplaces or public ways, or picket private residences. Employers can seek court injunctions to stop these activities, and violators may face civil fines.
Key provisions
- Prohibits mass picketing that hinders employment or access to workplaces.
- Prohibits obstructing public roads, railways, airports, or other ways of travel.
- Prohibits picketing private residences.
- Allows employers to seek injunctions to stop prohibited picketing.
- Establishes civil fines for individuals and unions/organizations violating the law.
- Provides for court costs and attorney fees to prevailing plaintiffs.
- Allows employers to seek injunctive relief without demonstrating irreparable harm.
- Failure to comply with a court order may be punished as contempt.
Who is affected
- Employers
- Employees
- Labor Organizations
- Union Members
- Businesses
Notable changes
- Creates a new legal framework for workplace security related to picketing.
- Provides employers with a specific legal remedy (injunction) to address disruptive picketing.
- Establishes fines for both individuals and unions/organizations engaging in prohibited activities.
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