Workers’ Compensation Board of Review Hearing Examiner

Under limited supervision, at the advanced level, these positions perform professional legal work conducting quasi-judicial hearings and writing formal recommended decisions on complex objections arising under statutory responsibility of the agency. These positions are responsible for ensuring that the litigants are afforded substantive and procedural due process through the proper scheduling of hearings, conducting hearings based on rules of evidence, controlling the making of a record, conducting necessary legal research, and rendering recommended decisions based on findings of fact and conclusions of law. Knowledge needed:  Knowledge of the West Virginia Workers’ Compensation Act and relevant provisions of the state insurance code, as set forth in Chapter 33 of the West Virginia State Code, and Title 114 of the West Virginia Code of State Rules.