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Senate committee advances bill exempting seasonal ski workers from overtime limits
Summary
The West Virginia Senate Committee on Workforce voted to report Senate Bill 611 to the full Senate with the recommendation that it do pass; the bill would exempt seasonal ski area workers who work fewer than seven months in a calendar year from statutory maximum-hours and overtime requirements.
The West Virginia Senate Committee on Workforce voted to report Senate Bill 611 to the full Senate with the recommendation that it do pass. The bill would modify the state’s wage-and-hour laws to exclude seasonal ski area workers who work less than seven total months in a calendar year from the definition of “employee” for purposes of maximum hours and overtime compensation.
Committee counsel explained the exclusion applies only to the statutory requirements that limit maximum hours and require overtime compensation; seasonal ski area employees would still be employees for all other code purposes, including minimum-wage protections. Counsel said the proposed exclusion would join other seasonal exceptions already in the code, such as per-diem legislative staff and workers in the white-water rafting industry.
Committee members had no recorded amendments in the transcript. The vice chairman moved to report the bill to the full Senate with a recommendation that it do pass, and the motion was adopted by voice vote; the transcript records the ayes but does not include a roll-call tally.
The transcript notes representatives from the ski industry were present and available to answer questions, but no industry representative spoke on the record during the excerpted discussion.
The bill will next move to the full Senate for further consideration.
