Terms Used In Rhode Island General Laws > Chapter 28-12 - Minimum Wages

• Advisory board: means a board created as provided in § 28-12-6. See Rhode Island General Laws 28-12-2
• Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
• Commissioner: means the minimum-wage commissioner appointed by the director of labor and training as chief of the division of labor standards. See Rhode Island General Laws 28-12-2
• Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
• Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
• Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
• Director: means the director of labor and training, or his or her duly authorized representative. See Rhode Island General Laws 28-12-2
• Employ: means to suffer or to permit to work. See Rhode Island General Laws 28-12-2
• Employee: includes any individual suffered or permitted to work by an employer. See Rhode Island General Laws 28-12-2
• Employer: includes any individual, partnership, association, corporation, business trust, or any person, or group of persons, acting directly, or indirectly, in the interest of an employer, in relation to an employee. See Rhode Island General Laws 28-12-2
• Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
• in writing: include printing, engraving, lithographing, and photo-lithographing, and all other representations of words in letters of the usual form. See Rhode Island General Laws 43-3-16
• 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.
• Occupation: means any occupation, service, trade, business, industry, or branch or group of industries or employment or class of employment in which individuals are gainfully employed. See Rhode Island General Laws 28-12-2
• Organized camp: means any camp, except a trailer camp, having a structured program including, but not limited to, recreation, education, and religious, or any combination of these. See Rhode Island General Laws 28-12-2
• Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
• person: may be construed to extend to and include co-partnerships and bodies corporate and politic. See Rhode Island General Laws 43-3-6
• Remainder: An interest in property that takes effect in the future at a specified time or after the occurrence of some event, such as the death of a life tenant.
• Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
• Subpoena: A command to a witness to appear and give testimony.
• Testify: Answer questions in court.
• Testimony: Evidence presented orally by witnesses during trials or before grand juries.
• town: may be construed to include city; the words "town council" include city council; the words "town clerk" include city clerk; the words "ward clerk" include clerk of election district; the words "town treasurer" include city treasurer; and the words "town sergeant" include city sergeant. See Rhode Island General Laws 43-3-9
• United States: include the several states and the territories of the United States. See Rhode Island General Laws 43-3-8
• Wage: means compensation due to an employee by reason of his or her employment. See Rhode Island General Laws 28-12-2