§373L-1 Definitions. Whenever used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:
"Client company" means any person that enters into a professional employer agreement with a professional employer organization and has covered employees.
"Covered employee" means an individual who performs services for a client company pursuant to a professional employer agreement.
"Department" means the department of labor and industrial relations.
"Director" means the director of labor and industrial relations.
"Person" means a natural or legal person.
"Professional employer agreement" means a written contract by and between a client company and a professional employer organization that:
"Professional employer organization" means any person that is a party to a professional employer agreement with a client company and whose covered employees perform services on a long-term, rather than temporary or project-specific basis. The term does not include temporary help services, staff leasing, or other similar arrangements.
"Temporary help services" means an arrangement by which a person recruits and hires the person's own employees and: