The Pocket Guide to West Virginia Employment Law is your easy-reference guide to West Virginia employment law. If you are an employer, manager, or employee in West Virginia, the Pocket Guide is for you. The Pocket Guide may also prove useful to West Virginia employment lawyers and general practitioners. It provides "bite-sized" answers to common questions arising under West Virginia employment law. Those answers are easy to find thanks to numerous descriptive sub-headings. Topics include hiring, working conditions, handbooks, policies, personnel files, wage payment, contracts, discrimination, harassment, medical and military leave, discipline and discharge, reductions in force, and unemployment. While the topics are generally discussed in the context of private employment, most of the rules are applicable in the public employment setting as well. Moreover, some rules relating specifically to public employment are discussed in various sections of the text.