{"data":{"id":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-8-14-2a","jurisdiction":"us-wv","citation":"W. Va. Code § 8-14-2a","heading":"Policemen who are required to work during holidays; how compensated.","body":"From the effective date of this section, if any municipal police officer is required to work during a legal holiday as is specified in subsection (a), section one, article two, chapter two of this code, or if a legal holiday falls on the police officer's regular scheduled day off, he or she is allowed equal time off at a time as may be approved by the chief of police under whom he or she serves or, in the alternative, shall be paid at a rate not less than one and one-half times his or her regular rate of pay: Provided, That if a special election of a political subdivision other than a municipality falls on a Saturday or Sunday, the municipality may choose not to recognize the day of the election as a holiday if a majority of the municipality's city council votes not to recognize the day of the election as a holiday.","path":["CHAPTER 8. MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS.","ARTICLE 14. LAW AND ORDER; POLICE FORCE OR DEPARTMENTS; POWERS, AUTHORITY AND DUTIES OF LAW-ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS AND POLICEMEN; POLICE MATRONS; SPECIAL SCHOOL ZONE AND PARKING LOT OR PARKING BUILDING POLICE OFFICERS; CIVIL SERVICE FOR CERTAIN POLICE DEPARTMENTS."],"source_url":"https://code.wvlegislature.gov/8-14-2A/","current_through":"as of 2026-08-03; contains at least the enactments of the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-06T00:20:50Z","sha256":"5dc4c90763c7395720cb311f3e6b4263f9eb7f1a08beb0e4ab9e25a690e29736","source_id":"us-wv","stale":true,"prev":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-8-14-2","next":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-8-14-3"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}