Definitions.
[(45-601) I.C., sec. 45-609, as added by 1967, ch. 436, sec. 1, p. 1469; am. 1974, ch. 39, sec. 72, p. 1023; am. and redesignated 45-601, 1989, ch. 280, sec. 1, p. 678; am. 1996, ch. 421, sec. 34, p. 1429; am. 1999, ch. 51, sec. 2, p. 116.]
Whenever used in this chapter:
- (1) "Claimant" means an employee who filed a wage claim with the department in accordance with this chapter and as the director may prescribe.
- (2) "Department" means the department of labor.
- (3) "Director" means the director of the department of labor.
- (4) "Employee" means any person suffered or permitted to work by an employer.
- (5) "Employer" means any individual, partnership, association, joint stock company, trust, corporation, the administrator or executor of the estate of a deceased individual, or the receiver, trustee, or successor of any of the same, employing any person.
- (6) "Wage claim" means an employee’s claim against an employer for compensation for the employee’s own personal services, and includes any wages, penalties, or damages provided by law to employees with a claim for unpaid wages.
- (7) "Wages" means compensation for labor or services rendered by an employee, whether the amount is determined on a time, task, piece or commission basis.
[(45-601) I.C., sec. 45-609, as added by 1967, ch. 436, sec. 1, p. 1469; am. 1974, ch. 39, sec. 72, p. 1023; am. and redesignated 45-601, 1989, ch. 280, sec. 1, p. 678; am. 1996, ch. 421, sec. 34, p. 1429; am. 1999, ch. 51, sec. 2, p. 116.]