Section 27-4-303 – Liability of Employer Generally; Liquidated Damages; Individual and Group Actions; Assignment of Claim.
27-4-303. Liability of employer generally; liquidated damages; individual and group actions; assignment of claim. (a) An employer who violates the provisions of W.S. 27-4-302 shall be liable to the employee or employees affected in the amount of their unpaid wages, and in an additional equal amount as liquidated damages. Action to recover liability may be […]
Section 27-4-304 – Penalty for Violations.
27-4-304. Penalty for violations. Any employer who willfully violates any provision of this act, or who discharges or in any other manner discriminates against any employee because the employee has made any complaint to his employer, the director or any other person, or instituted, or caused to be instituted any proceeding under or related to […]
Section 27-4-301 – Definitions.
27-4-301. Definitions. (a) “Employee” means any individual employed by an employer. (b) “Employer” includes any person acting directly or indirectly in the interest of an employer in relation to an employee. (c) “Employ” includes to suffer or permit to work. (d) “Occupation” includes any industry, trade, business or branch thereof, or any employment or class […]
Section 27-4-302 – Prohibition on Paying Employees Less for Same Work.
27-4-302. Prohibition on paying employees less for same work. (a) No employer shall discriminate, within the same establishment in which the employees are employed, between employees on the basis of gender by paying wages to employees at a rate less than the rate at which the employer pays wages to employees of the opposite gender […]