North Dakota Code 34-06-23 – Living wage mandate prohibition – Political subdivisions
1. As used in this section:
Terms Used In North Dakota Code 34-06-23
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
- Person: means an individual, organization, government, political subdivision, or government agency or instrumentality. See North Dakota Code 1-01-49
- Rule: includes regulation. See North Dakota Code 1-01-49
- State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See North Dakota Code 1-01-49
a. “Employ” has the same meaning as provided under section 34-06.1-02.
b. “Employer” includes a person acting directly or indirectly in the interest of an employer in relation to an employee. The term may include a public agency, other than the federal government, and an employer that has a contract or subcontract with a political subdivision or that has received tax abatements, loan guarantees, or other financial assistance from the political subdivision.
c. “Living wage mandate” means a requirement enacted by a political subdivision which requires an employer to pay any or all of the employees of the employer a wage rate not otherwise required under the law of this state or federal law.
d. “Political subdivision” includes a city, county, township, school district, or any other local government of this state.
2. A political subdivision may not enact, maintain, or enforce by charter, ordinance, purchase agreement, contract, regulation, rule, or resolution a living wage mandate in an amount greater than the applicable minimum wage rate of this state.