{"data":{"id":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-33-46a-3","jurisdiction":"us-wv","citation":"W. Va. Code § 33-46A-3","heading":"Rights, duties and obligations unaffected by this article.","body":"(a) Nothing in this article or in any professional employer agreement affects, modifies or amends any collective bargaining agreement, or the rights or obligations of a client-employer, PEO or covered employee under the Federal National Labor Relations Act, the Federal Railway Labor Act or article one-a, chapter twenty-one of this code.\n(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of this article, nothing in this article or in any professional employer agreement:\n(1) Diminishes, abolishes or removes rights of covered employees as to a client-employer or obligations of a client-employer to covered employees, including but not limited to rights and obligations arising from civil rights laws guaranteeing nondiscrimination in employment practices;\n(2) Affects, modifies, or amends any contractual relationship or restrictive covenant between a covered employee and a client-employer in effect at the time a professional employer agreement becomes effective; or\n(3) Prohibits or amends or any contractual relationship or restrictive covenant that is entered into subsequent to the effective date of a professional employer agreement between a client-employer and a covered employee.","path":["CHAPTER 33. INSURANCE.","ARTICLE 46A. PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYER ORGANIZATIONS."],"source_url":"https://code.wvlegislature.gov/33-46A-3/","current_through":"as of 2026-08-03; contains at least the enactments of the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-06T00:28:53Z","sha256":"6c4bb4c9c6de849d54c9dd1461fb93152cb7ed64260e81e2c8e4f0057031ec74","source_id":"us-wv","stale":true,"prev":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-33-46a-2","next":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-33-46a-4"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}