§33-46A-3 Rights, duties and obligations unaffected by this article. - West Virginia Statutes

§33-46A-3. Rights, duties and obligations unaffected by this article.
(a) Nothing in this article or in any professional employer agreement affects, modifies or amends any collective bargaining agreement, or the rights or obligations of a client-employer, PEO or covered employee under the Federal National Labor Relations Act, the Federal Railway Labor Act or article one-a, chapter twenty-one of this code.

(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of this article, nothing in this article or in any professional employer agreement:

(1) Diminishes, abolishes or removes rights of covered employees as to a client-employer or obligations of a client-employer to covered employees, including but not limited to rights and obligations arising from civil rights laws guaranteeing nondiscrimination in employment practices;

(2) Affects, modifies, or amends any contractual relationship or restrictive covenant between a covered employee and a client-employer in effect at the time a professional employer agreement becomes effective; or

(3) Prohibits or amends or any contractual relationship or restrictive covenant that is entered into subsequent to the effective date of a professional employer agreement between a client-employer and a covered employee.