Section 60-11-16 – Fraudulent claim by employee–Misdemeanor.
60-11-16. Fraudulent claim by employee–Misdemeanor. Any employee who falsifies the amount due to the employee or who intentionally attempts to defraud the employer commits a Class 2 misdemeanor. Source: SL 1971, ch 274, §8; revised pursuant to SL 1976, ch 158, §43-6; SL 1978, ch 359, §2; SL 2008, ch 276, §85.
Section 60-11-17 – Department to investigate and prosecute violations–Hearings–Access to employer’s records.
60-11-17. Department to investigate and prosecute violations–Hearings–Access to employer’s records. The Department of Labor and Regulation shall ensure compliance with the provisions of this chapter, investigate any violations of §§60-11-8 to 60-11-23, inclusive, and institute or cause to be instituted actions for penalties and forfeitures provided thereunder. The department may hold hearings to satisfy itself […]
Section 60-11-17.1 – Reprisals because of wage complaints or proceedings prohibited.
60-11-17.1. Reprisals because of wage complaints or proceedings prohibited. No employer may discharge, discriminate, or engage in or threaten to engage in any reprisal, economic or otherwise, against any employee because the employee has made any complaint to the employer, or to the Department of Labor and Regulation, that the employee has not been paid […]
Section 60-11-18 – Department may take assignment of employees’ claims– Prosecution–Joinder of actions.
60-11-18. Department may take assignment of employees’ claims– Prosecution–Joinder of actions. The Department of Labor and Regulation may take assignments of wage claims, rights of action for penalties, provided by §§60-11-8 to 60-11-23, inclusive, not to exceed five hundred dollars in any case of any one claim without being bound by any of the technical […]
Section 60-11-19 – Assignment of employees’ claims in trust to department–Prosecution–Settlement and adjustment.
60-11-19. Assignment of employees’ claims in trust to department–Prosecution–Settlement and adjustment. If the Department of Labor and Regulation determines that wages have not been paid, and that the unpaid wages constitute an enforceable claim, the department shall upon the request of the employee take an assignment in trust for the wages or any claim for […]
Section 60-11-8 – Employers subject to wage payment requirements.
60-11-8. Employers subject to wage payment requirements. In §§60-11-9 to 60-11-23, inclusive, the term, employer, includes any person, firm, partnership, limited liability company, association, corporation, receiver, or other officer of a court of the state, and any agent or officer of any kind of the above mentioned classes and subject to the provisions of these […]
Section 60-11-9 – Monthly wage payments required–Agreed pay day–Form of payment.
60-11-9. Monthly wage payments required–Agreed pay day–Form of payment. Every employer shall pay all wages due to employees at least once each calendar month unless otherwise provided by law, or on regular agreed pay days designated in advance by the employer, in lawful money of the United States. An employer may pay wages by check, […]
Section 60-11-10 – Prompt payment of wages due on separation by employer–Withholding for return of employer’s property.
60-11-10. Prompt payment of wages due on separation by employer–Withholding for return of employer’s property. Whenever an employer separates an employee from the payroll, the unpaid wages or compensation of such employee are due and payable not later than the next regular stated pay day for which those hours would have normally been paid or […]
Section 60-11-3 – Minimum wage–Misdemeanor–Certain employees excluded.
60-11-3. Minimum wage–Misdemeanor–Certain employees excluded. Every employer shall pay to each employee wages at a rate of not less than eight dollars and fifty cents an hour. Violation of this section is a Class 2 misdemeanor. The provisions of this section do not apply to certain employees being paid an opportunity wage pursuant to §60-11-4.1, […]
Section 60-11-3.1 – Minimum wage for tipped employees–Tips credited toward minimum wage–Certain persons excluded.
60-11-3.1. Minimum wage for tipped employees–Tips credited toward minimum wage–Certain persons excluded. Any employer of a tipped employee shall pay a cash wage of not less than fifty percent of the minimum wage provided by §60-11-3 if the employer claims a tip credit against the employer’s minimum wage obligation. If an employee’s tips combined with […]