Sec. 23.05.390. Definition.
In AS 23.05.360 – 23.05.390, “agency” means the Alaska labor relations agency established in AS 23.05.360.
Sec. 23.05.380. Regulations.
The agency shall adopt regulations under AS 44.62 (Administrative Procedure Act) to carry out labor relations functions under AS 23.05.360 – 23.05.390, AS 23.40.070 – 23.40.260, and AS 42.40.730 – 42.40.890.
Sec. 23.05.190. Enforcement.
The department shall (1) enforce this chapter; (2) investigate possible violations of this chapter; (3) institute actions for penalties provided in this chapter.
Sec. 23.05.200. Hearings on wage claims.
(a) The department may hold hearings to investigate a claim for wages. It may cooperate with an employee in the enforcement of a claim against the employer when it considers the claim just and valid. (b) The authorized representative of the department, in conducting a hearing under this chapter, may administer oaths and examine witnesses […]
Sec. 23.05.210. Proceedings by attorney general.
The attorney general may prosecute a civil case arising under this chapter that is referred to the attorney general by the department for that purpose.
Sec. 23.05.220. Assignment of liens and claims to department.
(a) The department may take an assignment of (1) a wage claim and an incidental expense account and an advance; (2) a mechanics or other lien of an employee; (3) a claim based on a “stop order” for wages or on a bond for labor; for damages for misrepresentation of a condition of employment; against […]
Sec. 23.05.230. Prosecution of claims.
(a) The department may prosecute an action for the collection of a claim of a person whom it considers entitled to its services, and whom it considers to have a claim that is valid and enforceable. (b) The department may prosecute an action for the return of a worker’s tools that are in the illegal […]
Sec. 23.05.240. Officers to execute process without security; immunity from damages; custody of property.
(a) An officer, requested by the department to serve a summons, writ, complaint, order, garnishment paper, or other process within the officer’s jurisdiction, shall do it without requiring the department to furnish security or bond. (b) When the department requests an officer to seize or levy on property in an attachment proceeding to satisfy a […]
Sec. 23.05.250. Witness fees of garnishee defendants.
A garnishee defendant, when required to appear in court in an action brought under AS 23.05.230, shall do so without having witness fees paid in advance. But the witness fees are included as part of the taxable costs of the action and are paid to the garnishee defendant after judgment.
Sec. 23.05.260. Disposition of funds recovered.
(a) Out of a recovery in an action under AS 23.05.220 there shall be paid first, court costs advanced by the department which shall be returned to the department’s appropriation for this purpose and second, the wage claim involved. (b) When an action is lost by the department, it shall pay costs out of money […]