Title 34 — Labor and Employment

Whenever used in this chapter, "employer" includes every person, firm, partnership, association, corporation, limited liability company, receiver or other officer of a court of the state, and any agent or officer of any kind of the above-mentioned classes and subject to the provi…

Every employer shall pay all wages due to employees at least once each calendar month on regular agreed paydays designated in advance by the employer. Wages must be paid in lawful money of the United States; with checks, as that item is used in chapter 41-03, drawn on banks or cr…

Whenever an employee is discharged or terminated from employment by an employer, separates from employment voluntarily, or is suspended from work as the result of an industrial dispute, the employee's unpaid wages or compensation becomes due and payable at the regular paydays est…

In case of a dispute over wages, the employer shall give written notice to the employee of the amount of wages less whatever the employee owes the employer which the employee concedes to be due and shall pay such amount without condition within the time set by this chapter, provi…

Except for those amounts that are required under state or federal law to be withheld from employee compensation or where a court has ordered the employer to withhold compensation, an employer only may withhold from the compensation due employees: 1. Advances paid to employees, ot…

1. The labor commissioner or the commissioner's deputy shall ensure compliance with this chapter, investigate alleged violations of this chapter, and institute or cause to be instituted actions for penalties and forfeitures related to violation of this chapter. 2. The commissione…

The labor commissioner and the commissioner's deputy may employ such clerical and other assistants as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this chapter, and shall fix the compensation of such employees and may also, to carry out such purposes, incur reasonable traveling …

Any employer who willfully refuses to pay the wages due and payable when demanded as in this chapter, or who falsely denies the amount thereof, or that the same is due with intent to secure for the employer or any other person any discount upon such indebtedness, or with intent t…

When the commissioner reviews a potential employment relationship involving an independent contractor who has a valid identification number issued under section 34-05-01.4 and determines that the party described as an independent contractor is an employee for purposes of wages, r…

1. An employee may file with the department a claim for wages due under this chapter or under chapter 34-06 if the filing is made within two years from the date the wages are due and the amount of the wages claimed due is at least one hundred twenty-five dollars but not more than…

In addition to the employee's right to recover unpaid wages as provided in this chapter, every employee is entitled to recover from the employee's employer: 1. Interest on the unpaid wages from the date the wages are due until payment is made in full at the rate as established by…

The labor commissioner is authorized to issue such rules and regulations as necessary for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this chapter.

The labor commissioner may enter into reciprocal agreements with the department of labor or corresponding agency of any other state, nation, or country or with the person, board, officer, or commission authorized to act for and on behalf of the department or agency, for the colle…