Terms Used In Montana Code > Title 39 > Chapter 8 > Part 4 - Confidentiality -- Applicability of Other Law

• Applicant: means a person that seeks to be licensed under this chapter. See Montana Code 39-8-102
• Client: means a person that obtains all or part of the person's workforce from another person through a professional employer arrangement. See Montana Code 39-8-102
• Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
• Department: means the department of labor and industry. See Montana Code 39-8-102
• Employee leasing arrangement: means an arrangement by contract or otherwise under which a professional employer organization hires its own employees and assigns the employees to work for another person to staff and manage, or to assist in staffing and managing, a facility, function, project, or enterprise on an ongoing basis. See Montana Code 39-8-102
• group: means at least two but not more than five professional employer organizations, each of which is majority-owned by the same person. See Montana Code 39-8-102
• Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
• Liabilities: The aggregate of all debts and other legal obligations of a particular person or legal entity.
• Person: means an individual, association, company, firm, partnership, corporation, or limited liability company. See Montana Code 39-8-102
• Professional employer arrangement: means an arrangement by contract or otherwise under which:

  (i)a professional employer organization or group assigns employees to perform services for a client;

  (ii)the arrangement is or is intended to be ongoing rather than temporary in nature; and

  (iii)the employer responsibilities are shared by the professional employer organization or group and the client. See Montana Code 39-8-102

• Professional employer organization: means :

  (i)a person that provides services of employees pursuant to one or more professional employer arrangements or to one or more employee leasing arrangements; or

  (ii)a person that represents to the public that the person provides services pursuant to a professional employer arrangement. See Montana Code 39-8-102

• State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Montana Code 1-1-201