Sec. 23.10.150. Short title.
AS 23.10.050 – 23.10.150 may be cited as the Alaska Wage and Hour Act.
Sec. 23.10.090. Administrative procedures.
Regulations adopted or hearings conducted under AS 23.10.050 – 23.10.150 shall be adopted or conducted and be subject to judicial review in accordance with AS 44.62 (Administrative Procedure Act).
Sec. 23.10.095. Adoption of federal regulations.
The commissioner may adopt regulations and interpretations that are made by the administrator of the Wage and Hour Division of the federal Department of Labor and that are not inconsistent with AS 23.10.050 – 23.10.150.
Sec. 23.10.100. Employer to keep records.
(a) An employer shall keep for a period of at least three years at the place where an employee is employed a record of the name, address, and occupation of each employee, the rate of pay and the amount paid each pay period to each employee, the hours worked each day and each workweek by […]
Sec. 23.10.105. Posting summary required.
An employer subject to AS 23.10.050 – 23.10.150 shall keep a summary or abstract of these sections, approved by the commissioner, posted in a conspicuous location at the place where a person subject to them is employed. An employer shall be furnished copies of a summary by the state on request without charge.
Sec. 23.10.110. Remedies of employee; attorney fees; offers of judgment; settlement; waiver.
(a) An employer who violates a provision of AS 23.10.060 or 23.10.065 is liable to an employee affected in the amount of unpaid minimum wages, or unpaid overtime compensation, as the case may be, and, except as provided in (d) of this section, in an additional equal amount as liquidated damages. (b) An action to […]
Sec. 23.10.115. Enforcement by injunction.
If it appears to the commissioner that an employer is engaged in an act or practice that violates or will violate a provision of AS 23.10.050 – 23.10.150 or of a regulation adopted under these sections, the commissioner may bring an action in a competent court to enjoin the act or practice, and to enforce […]
Sec. 23.10.120. Enforcement of subpoenas.
If a person fails to comply with a subpoena issued under AS 23.10.080, or if a witness refuses to produce evidence or to testify to a matter regarding which the witness may be lawfully interrogated, a competent court shall, upon application of the commissioner or an authorized representative, compel obedience by proceedings for contempt, as […]
Sec. 23.10.125. Collective bargaining.
AS 23.10.050 – 23.10.150 do not limit the right of employees to bargain collectively through representatives of their own choosing to establish wages or conditions of work in excess of the applicable minimum under AS 23.10.050 – 23.10.150 or to establish hours of work shorter than the applicable maximum under AS 23.10.050 – 23.10.150.
Sec. 23.10.130. Statute of limitations.
An action for unpaid minimum wages, unpaid overtime compensation, or liquidated damages under AS 23.10.050 – 23.10.150 is forever barred unless it is started within two years after the cause of action accrues. For the purposes of this section an action is considered to be started on the date when the complaint is filed.