Idaho Code 45-607 – Penalty for Failure to Pay
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Whenever an employer fails to pay all wages then due an employee at the times due under section 45-606, Idaho Code, then the employee’s wages shall continue at the same rate as if services had been rendered in the manner as last employed until paid in full or for fifteen (15) days, whichever is less. However, in no event can the maximum penalty exceed seven hundred fifty dollars ($750), and if the full amount of the wages are paid prior to the filing of a lien pursuant to section 45-620, Idaho Code, the maximum penalty shall not exceed five hundred dollars ($500).
Any employee who secretes or absents himself to avoid payment, or refuses to receive payment when made available as provided for in section 45-606, Idaho Code, shall not be entitled to any penalty under this chapter.
Terms Used In Idaho Code 45-607
- Employee: means any person suffered or permitted to work by an employer. See Idaho Code 45-601
- 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. See Idaho Code 45-601
- Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
- Wages: means compensation for labor or services rendered by an employee, whether the amount is determined on a time, task, piece or commission basis. See Idaho Code 45-601