Bill > HB5001

This bill amends existing West Virginia law to protect employees from being fired if they use reasonable and proportionate force, including deadly force if necessary, to defend themselves or others from an attack at their workplace, provided they are not engaging in unlawful activity and reasonably believe they are in imminent danger of death or serious bodily harm. The bill clarifies that an employee in this situation does not have a duty to retreat from an attacker in their place of employment, and this protection against termination applies solely to the act of using such force, not to other employer policies.

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