Title 27 — Title 27 — Labor And Employment

Acts not subject to be enjoined. (a) No court of the state of Wyoming shall have jurisdiction to issue any restraining order or temporary or permanent injunction in any case involving or growing out of any labor dispute to prohibit any person or persons participating or intereste…

Unlawful combination or conspiracy not grounds for injunction. No court of the state of Wyoming shall have jurisdiction to issue a restraining order or temporary or permanent injunction upon the ground that any of the persons participating or interested in a labor dispute constit…

Hearing prerequisite for injunction; temporary restraining orders. No court of the state of Wyoming shall have jurisdiction to issue a temporary or permanent injunction in any case involving or growing out of a labor dispute except after hearing the testimony of witnesses in open…

Injunction to include only specific acts. Every restraining order or injunction granted in a case involving or growing out of a labor dispute shall include only a prohibition of such specific act or acts as may be expressly complained of in the petition filed in such case and sus…

organizations. Limitation on liability of officers, members or No officer or member of any association or organization, and no association or organization participating or interested in a labor dispute, shall be held responsible or liable in any court of the state of Wyoming for …

Right to work; definitions. (a) The term "labor organization" means any organization, or any agency or employee representation committee, plan or arrangement, in which employees participate and which exists for the purpose, in whole or in part, of dealing with employers concernin…

not required. Right to work; membership in labor organization No person is required to become or remain a member of any labor organization as a condition of employment or continuation of employment.

Right to work; abstention from membership in labor organization not required. No person is required to abstain or refrain from membership in any labor organization as a condition of employment or continuation of employment.

required. Right to work; payment or nonpayment of dues not No person is required to pay or refrain from paying any dues, fees, or other charges of any kind to any labor organization as a condition of employment or continuation of employment.

Right to work; connection with or approval by labor organization not required. No person is required to have any connection with, or be recommended or approved by, or be cleared through, any labor organization as a condition of employment or continuation of employment.

Right to work; misdemeanor to impose or try to impose prohibited requirements; civil liability. Any person who directly or indirectly places upon any other person any requirement or compulsion prohibited by this act, or who makes any agreement written or oral, express or implied,…

conduct. Right to work; injunction against prohibited Any person injured or threatened with injury by any action or conduct prohibited by this act shall, notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, be entitled to injunctive relief therefrom.

Right to work; penalties. Any person convicted of a misdemeanor, as defined in this act, shall be punished by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000.00), or imprisonment in the county jail for a term not to exceed six (6) months, or both.

Licenses required; fees; posting. No person, firm or corporation shall open, operate or maintain in this state any employment office or agency for the purpose of furnishing employers with persons seeking employment at manual labor or in clerical, industrial, commercial or busines…

Termination and cost of license. All licenses issued after this act takes effect shall terminate on the thirty-first day of December of each year, and shall be paid for at the rate per year established in this act; provided, however, that no license for any fractional part of the…

Bond of licensee. The department of workforce services shall require with each application for a license a bond in the sum of five hundred dollars ($500.00) with one (1) or more sureties to be approved by the department, and conditioned that the obligors will not violate any of t…

Revocation of license; complaint; hearing. Whenever a written complaint shall be filed with the department of workforce services stating that any party so licensed as aforesaid, shall have violated any of the provisions of this act, the department shall give to said licensee noti…

Licensed agencies to maintain registers. It shall be the duty of every licensed agency to keep a register in which shall be entered with dates the name and address of every person who shall make application for help or servants, and the name and nature of such employment for whic…

Registration fee. Where a registration fee is charged for receiving or filing application for employment of help, such fee shall in no case exceed the sum of one dollar ($1.00), unless the salary or wages to be paid shall be more than three dollars ($3.00) per day, in which case …

Fraudulent notices or advertisements, and false information or promises prohibited. No licensed agency shall publish or cause to be published any false or fraudulent notice or advertisement, or give any false information or make any false promise concerning or relating to work or…

Duty of department to file complaints of violations; duty to enforce. It shall be the duty of the department of workforce services, when informed of any violation of this act, to file complaint of such violation with the attorney general or with the district attorney for the coun…

Department of workforce services to account. All money or monies received from fees under this act shall be forthwith accounted for by the department of workforce services and turned over to the state treasurer, taking the state treasurer's receipt for the same. Such monies shall…

Free employment bureaus and university placement services excepted. Free employment bureaus and placement services of the University of Wyoming now or hereafter organized or established in this state, are not subject to this act.

Penalty. Any person violating any of the provisions of this act shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine of not less than fifty dollars ($50.00) nor more than one hundred dollars ($100.00), or by imprisonment in the county j…

Short title. This article may be known and may be cited as the "Wyoming Fair Employment Practices Act of 1965."

Definitions. (a) "Court" shall mean the district court in and for the judicial district of the state of Wyoming in which the asserted unfair employment practice occurred, or, if said court be not in session at that time, then any judge of said court. (b) "Employer" shall mean the…

Repealed by Laws 1990, ch. 63, § 3.

Powers and duties of department of employment. (a) duties: The department shall have the following powers and (i) To call upon any state agency, institution, or employee, for advice, counsel, and assistance in the enforcement of this article; (ii) To adopt, publish, amend, and re…

Discriminatory and unfair employment practices enumerated; limitations. (a) It is a discriminatory or unfair employment practice: (i) For an employer to refuse to hire, to discharge, to promote or demote, or to discriminate in matters of compensation or the terms, conditions or p…

hearing. Filing of complaint; determination; appeal for (a) Any person claiming to be aggrieved by a discriminatory or unfair employment practice may, personally or through his attorney, make, sign and file with the department within six (6) months of the alleged violation a veri…

Repealed By Laws 2001, Ch. 162, § 2.

Repealed By Laws 2001, Ch. 162, § 2.

Definitions. (a) As used in this act the following terms shall, unless the context requires a different interpretation, have the following meanings: (i) The term "fire fighters" shall mean the paid members of any regularly constituted fire department in any city, town or county w…

Right to collective bargaining and representation by bargaining agent. The fire fighters in any city, town or county shall have the right to bargain collectively with their respective cities, towns or counties and to be represented by a bargaining agent in such collective bargain…

Selection of exclusive bargaining agent by majority; withdrawal of agent by majority. The organization selected by the majority of the fire fighters in any city, town or county shall be recognized as the sole and exclusive bargaining agent for all of the members of the department…

Obligation of city, town or county to meet with agent after written notice; written contract of agreement. It shall be the obligation of the city, town or county, through its corporate authorities, to meet and confer in good faith with the representative or representatives of the…

When issues to be submitted to arbitration. In the event that the bargaining agent and the corporate authorities are unable, within thirty (30) days from and including the date of their first meeting, to reach an agreement on a contract, any and all unresolved issues shall be sub…

Selection of arbitrators. Within five (5) days from the expiration of the thirty (30) day period referred to in W.S. 27-10-105, the bargaining agent and the corporate authorities shall each select and name one (1) arbitrator and shall immediately thereafter notify each other in w…

Arbitration procedure. Arbitration shall proceed pursuant to the provisions of the Uniform Arbitration Act.

contract. Collective bargaining contract; duration of Any agreements actually negotiated between the bargaining agent and the corporate authorities either before, or within thirty (30) days after arbitration, shall constitute the collective bargaining contract governing fire figh…

Notice of request for bargaining prior to day on which money can be appropriated. Whenever wages, rates of pay, or any other matter requiring appropriation of money by any city, town or county are included as matter of collective bargaining conducted under the provisions of this …

Short title. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Wyoming Occupational Health and Safety Act."

Declaration of policy. (a) It is hereby declared to be the policy of the state of Wyoming, that the primary purposes of this act are: (i) That the prevention of accidents and occupational diseases and abiding by rules and regulations are the responsibility of both the employer an…

(a) Definitions. As used in this act: (i) "Commission" means the occupational health and safety commission; (ii) "Department" means the department of workforce services of the state of Wyoming; (iii) "Employee" means a person permitted to work by an employer in employment; (iv) "…

generally. Occupational health and safety commission; (a) There is hereby created an occupational health and safety commission, hereinafter referred to as the "commission," which shall be composed of seven (7) members comprised of one (1) from the general field of employees or em…

Occupational health and safety commission; powers and duties of commission and department. (a) The department, in consultation with the commission, has the powers and is hereby charged with the duties: (i) Repealed by Laws 1990, ch. 63, §§ 2, 3. (ii) To develop and formulate, a c…

Enforcement and administration. (a) The department shall enforce and administer this act and the rules, regulations and orders promulgated and issued under this act. The commission shall have authority to hold hearings for the promulgation of rules and regulations in accordance w…

Penalty. (a) Any employer willfully and knowingly violating any of the provisions of this act, any health and safety standards, rules or regulations promulgated under this act or any existing rule or regulation governing the conditions of employment promulgated by the commission,…

Right of entry and inspection; consultation with employees; penalty for giving advance notice. (a) Any department authorized employee or representative of the department may enter and inspect any property, premises or place, except private residences where persons are employed, a…

Investigation of violations; proceedings; confidentiality of trade secrets. (a) The commission or chairman, in their discretion, may make such public or private investigations as they deem necessary to determine whether any person or employer has violated, or is about to violate,…