West Virginia Minimum Wage Preemption Statewide

§21-5C-2. Minimum wages. (a) Minimum wage: (1) After June 30, 2006, every employer shall pay to each of his or her employees wages at a rate not less than $5.85 per hour. (2) After June 30, 2007, every employer shall pay to each of his or her employees wages at a rate not less than $6.55 per hour. (3) After June 30, 2008, every employer shall pay to each of his or her employees wages at a rate not less than $7.25 per hour. (4) After December 31, 2014, every employer shall pay to each of his or her employees wages at a rate not less than $8.00 per hour. (5) After December 31, 2015, every employer shall pay to each of his or her employees wages at a rate not less than $8.75 per hour. (6) When the federal minimum hourly wage as prescribed by 29 U.S.C. §206 (a) (1) is equal to or greater than the wage rate prescribed in the applicable provision of this subsection, every employer shall pay to each of his or her employees wages at a rate of not less than the federal minimum hourly wage as prescribed by 29 U.S.C. §206 (a) (1). The minimum wage rates required under this subsection shall be thereafter adjusted in accordance with adjustments made in the federal minimum hourly rate. The adoption of the federal minimum wage provided by this subsection includes only the federal minimum hourly rate prescribed in 29 U.S.C. §206 (a) (1) and does not include other wage rates, or conditions, exclusions, or exceptions to the federal minimum hourly wage rate.