North Dakota Code 34-06.1-02 – Definitions
In this chapter, unless the context or subject matter otherwise requires:
Terms Used In North Dakota Code 34-06.1-02
- Bankruptcy: Refers to statutes and judicial proceedings involving persons or businesses that cannot pay their debts and seek the assistance of the court in getting a fresh start. Under the protection of the bankruptcy court, debtors may discharge their debts, perhaps by paying a portion of each debt. Bankruptcy judges preside over these proceedings.
- Individual: means a human being. See North Dakota Code 1-01-49
- Person: means an individual, organization, government, political subdivision, or government agency or instrumentality. See North Dakota Code 1-01-49
- Sex: means the biological state of being male or female, based on the individual's nonambiguous sex organs, chromosomes, or endogenous hormone profiles at birth. 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
1. “Commissioner” means the labor commissioner.
2. “Employ” includes to suffer or permit to work.
3. “Employee” means any individual employed by an employer, including individuals employed by the state or any of its political subdivisions, including public bodies.
4. “Employer” means any person acting directly or indirectly in the interest of an employer in relation to one or more employees of each sex.
5. “Occupation” includes any industry, trade, business or branch thereof, or any employment or class of employment, but does not include domestic employment in private homes.
6. “Person” includes one or more individuals, partnerships, corporations, limited liability companies, legal representatives, trustees, trustees in bankruptcy, or voluntary associations.
7. “Wage rate” means all compensation for employment, including payment in kind and amounts paid by employers for employee benefits, as defined by the commissioner in regulations issued under this chapter.