{"id":"WV-004","kind":"order","level":"state","jurisdiction":"West Virginia","state":"WV","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Governor Jim Justice","authority":"Governor\u0027s executive authority; W. Va. Code 21A-6-1, 21A-6-2 (waived)","instrument":"Executive Order 4-20","title":"Unemployment benefits for persons separated or prevented from working by COVID-19 or communicable disease control measures; WorkForce West Virginia in-person contact postponed","dateIssued":"2020-03-19","effective":"2020-03-19","end":"Terminated 12:01 a.m. June 1, 2021 (EO 12-21 paragraph 1)","startDate":"2020-03-19","endDate":"2021-06-01","quarters":["2020Q2","2020Q3","2020Q4","2021Q1","2021Q2"],"types":["OTHER","CRT"],"addressees":["Department of Commerce / WorkForce West Virginia"],"clause":"individuals who, due to a documented medical condition caused by COVID-19 or due to communicable disease control measures related to COVID-19, are separated from employment, have had their hours of employment reduced, or are prevented from working, shall be eligible for unemployment benefits to the maximum extent permitted by federal law.... communicable disease control measures shall include quarantine or isolation directives or orders related to COVID-19, including orders that have been issued or may be issued from time to time relating to the closure or limitation of occupancy of certain types of [businesses] or facilities to limit the spread of COVID-19, issued by the State of West Virginia, the federal government, a local government entity, or a medical or public health professional.... the West Virginia Department of Commerce/WorkForce West Virginia is ORDERED to postpone all mandatory in-person contact with individuals seeking unemployment benefits, as long as the State of Emergency for COVID-19 remains in effect.","enforcement":"Directive to a State agency","functions":["WF workforce","CRT public offices (in-person contact suspended)"],"notes":"The State\u0027s own contemporaneous characterization that closure and occupancy orders \u0027issued by the State of West Virginia, the federal government, a local government entity, or a medical or public health professional\u0027 separated workers from employment.","sourceUrl":"https://governor.wv.gov/Documents/2020%20Executive%20Orders/Executive-Order-March-19-2020-Unemployment.pdf","snapshot":"https://web.archive.org/web/20200328180637/https://governor.wv.gov/Documents/2020%20Executive%20Orders/Executive-Order-March-19-2020-Unemployment.pdf","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":170505,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"WV","url":"/library/WV-004","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/WV-004","citation":"Governor Jim Justice, Executive Order 4-20 (Mar. 19, 2020) (Ex. WV-004)","stateName":"West Virginia","related":["WV-003","WV-005","WV-007","WV-002","WV-006","WV-008","WV-001","WV-010","WV-009","WV-011","WV-012","WV-015"]}