45-601. DEFINITIONS. Whenever used in this chapter:
(1) "Claimant" means an employee who filed a wage claim with the department in accordance with this chapter and as the director may prescribe.
(2) "Department" means the department of labor.
(3) "Director" means the director of the department of labor.
(4) "Employee" means any person suffered or permitted to work by an employer.
(5) "Employer" means any individual, partnership, association, joint stock company, trust, corporation, the administrator or executor of the estate of a deceased individual, or the receiver, trustee, or successor of any of the same, employing any person.
(6) "Wage claim" means an employee’s claim against an employer for compensation for the employee’s own personal services, and includes any wages, penalties, or damages provided by law to employees with a claim for unpaid wages.
(7) "Wages" means compensation for labor or services rendered by an employee, whether the amount is determined on a time, task, piece or commission basis.
History:
[(45-601) I.C., sec. 45-609, as added by 1967, ch. 436, sec. 1, p. 1469; am. 1974, ch. 39, sec. 72, p. 1023; am. and redesignated 45-601, 1989, ch. 280, sec. 1, p. 678; am. 1996, ch. 421, sec. 34, p. 1429; am. 1999, ch. 51, sec. 2, p. 116.]
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Title 45 - LIENS, MORTGAGES AND PLEDGES
Section 45-602 - WAGES OF EMPLOYEES PREFERRED.
Section 45-603 - PREFERENCE OF WAGES — DEATH OF EMPLOYER.
Section 45-604 - PREFERENCE OF WAGES ON EXECUTION AND ATTACHMENT.
Section 45-605 - DEBTOR OR CREDITOR MAY DISPUTE CLAIM.
Section 45-606 - PAYMENT OF WAGES UPON SEPARATION FROM EMPLOYMENT.
Section 45-607 - PENALTY FOR FAILURE TO PAY.
Section 45-608 - PAY PERIODS — PENALTY.
Section 45-609 - WITHHOLDING OF WAGES.
Section 45-610 - RECORDS TO BE KEPT BY EMPLOYER — NOTICE TO EMPLOYEES.
Section 45-611 - WAGES THAT ARE IN DISPUTE.
Section 45-612 - FILING FALSE CLAIM — PENALTY.
Section 45-613 - DISCHARGING OR RETALIATING AGAINST EMPLOYEES ASSERTING RIGHTS UNDER THIS CHAPTER.
Section 45-614 - COLLECTION OF WAGES — LIMITATIONS.
Section 45-615 - COLLECTION OF WAGE CLAIMS BY SUIT — ATTORNEY’S FEES AND COSTS.
Section 45-617 - ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEEDINGS FOR WAGE CLAIMS.
Section 45-618 - ADMINISTRATIVE ENFORCEMENT AND COLLECTION OF WAGE CLAIMS.