Section 60-12-1.1 – School day and school week defined.
60-12-1.1. School day and school week defined. As used in this chapter, a school day is any day on which the child’s own school or other educational program is operating and the child is expected to attend. A school week is a week during which the child’s own school or other educational program is operating […]
Section 60-12-2 – Employment of child under fourteen years of age restricted–Violation as misdemeanor.
60-12-2. Employment of child under fourteen years of age restricted–Violation as misdemeanor. No child under fourteen years of age may be employed at any time in any factory or workshop or about any mine, nor be employed in any mercantile establishment except during hours when the child’s own school or other educational program is not […]
Section 60-12-3 – Prohibited employment or exploitation of minors–Separate age limit for pumping fuel–Misdemeanor–Employment by parents excepted–License, permit, or certificate for agricultural employment.
60-12-3. Prohibited employment or exploitation of minors–Separate age limit for pumping fuel–Misdemeanor–Employment by parents excepted–License, permit, or certificate for agricultural employment. No child under sixteen years of age may be employed at any time in any occupation dangerous to life, health, or morals, nor may any child be in any manner exploited by any employer. […]
Section 60-11-14 – Provisions applicable to cash wages only.
60-11-14. Provisions applicable to cash wages only. Sections 60-11-8 to 60-11-23, inclusive, do not apply to any form of compensation other than cash wages owing to any employee by or on behalf of any employer. Source: SL 1971, ch 274, §15; SL 2008, ch 276, §83.
Section 60-11-15 – Employer’s intentional refusal to pay wages–Misdemeanor.
60-11-15. Employer’s intentional refusal to pay wages–Misdemeanor. Any employer who intentionally refuses to pay the wages due and payable when demanded as in §§60-11-9 to 60-11-13, inclusive, or who falsely denies the amount thereof, or that the same is due with the intent to secure for the employer or any other person any discount upon […]
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 […]