{"data":{"id":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-55-7e-1","jurisdiction":"us-wv","citation":"W. Va. Code § 55-7E-1","heading":"Definitions.","body":"In this article:\n(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.\n(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.","path":["CHAPTER 55. ACTIONS, SUITS AND ARBITRATION; JUDICIAL SALE.","ARTICLE 7E. DUTY TO MITIGATE DAMAGES IN EMPLOYMENT CLAIMS."],"source_url":"https://code.wvlegislature.gov/55-7E-1/","current_through":"as of 2026-08-03; contains at least the enactments of the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-06T00:30:58Z","sha256":"73a75f34cba3c8bc3247144649252f92f938a707e94295a0f7495d321c04c23d","source_id":"us-wv","stale":true,"prev":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-55-7d-5","next":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-55-7e-2"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}