WV HB2857

Creates the Workplace Bullying Accountability Act establishing an enforceable duty for employers to safeguard employees from workplace bullying through reasonable preventive and responsive measures

Defines workplace bullying as conduct creating an abusive work environment causing physical or psychological harm, including repeated verbal abuse, threatening behavior, defamatory statements, sabotage of work performance, and orchestrated ostracism

Requires employers to establish anti-bullying policies, disseminate them to all employees, conduct annual training, investigate complaints in good faith, and implement remedial measures for victims

Prohibits employer retaliation against employees who report workplace bullying or participate in investigations, with remedies including injunctive relief, lost wages, medical care costs, reinstatement, and attorney's fees

Sets a one-year statute of limitations from the last violating act and preserves existing rights under federal, state, and local employment discrimination, safety, workers' compensation, and collective bargaining laws