Title 27, Title 27 — Labor And Employment

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.

Collective bargaining contract; duration of contract. 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…

Definitions. (a) 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) "…

Occupational health and safety commission; generally. (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,…

Injunction; bond; effect on sovereign immunity. Whenever it appears to the commission that any person has engaged or is about to engage in any act or practice constituting a violation of any provision of this act, or any rule, regulation, or order hereunder, the commission, its c…

Variances. (a) Any person affected by this act may request a variance to any standard, rule or regulation promulgated under this act. (b) The commission or department shall be empowered to issue a temporary variance when the employer establishes that: (i) He is unable to comply w…

Investigation of health and safety charges and complaints. The department of workforce services shall investigate charges and complaints of violation of the laws of this state with respect to health and safety and any order, rules, or regulations of the commission made in connect…

Physical examination of employees; religious exemption. Any employer may require an employee to submit to a physical examination before employment or at any time during employment, and shall provide for a physical examination, as deemed necessary, due to exposure or contact with …

Limitations. (a) Nothing in this act shall: (i) Limit or restrict the present jurisdiction or authority of the public service commission except employee safety and occupational health; (ii) Supersede or limit the present authority for making rules and regulations pertaining to co…

Definitions. (a) As used in this act: (i) "Demand occupation" means an occupation in a labor market area in which the director determines that work opportunities are available and that there is not a surplus of qualified applicants; (ii) "Director" means the director of the divis…

Powers and duties; rules and regulations. (a) The division shall, in conjunction with the department of education, the business council, the department of workforce services, the workforce development council, the University of Wyoming and the community college commission, establ…

Programs; funding. (a) Programs established under this act shall be funded to the maximum extent feasible through existing federal, state and local resources, both public and private. The plan required under W.S. 27-13-102(a) shall include an estimate of funds available from sour…

Short title; statement of intent. (a) This act may be cited as the "Wyoming Worker's Compensation Act". (b) It is the intent of the legislature in creating the Wyoming worker's compensation division that the laws administered by it to provide a worker's benefit system be interpre…

Definitions. (a) As used in this act: (i) "Artificial replacement" means the addition of an artificial part to the human body which replaces a part lost, damaged or in need of correction, excluding any personal item, artificial heart, automobile or the remodeling of an automobile…

Exclusive remedy as to employer; nonliability of co-employees; no relief from liability; rights as to delinquent or noncontributing employer. (a) The rights and remedies provided in this act for an employee including any joint employee, and his dependents for injuries incurred in…

Action against third party; notice; subrogation; legal representation; payment under reservation of rights; actions by department. (a) If an employee covered by this act receives an injury under circumstances creating a legal liability in some person other than the employer to pa…

Minor employee to be free of any legal disability. A minor shall be deemed free of any legal disability for the purposes of this act and no other person has any cause of action or right to compensation for his injury except as expressly provided in this act.

Collective system for county governments or county governmental entities. The division, upon application, may allow county governments or county governmental entities to establish a collective system to report payroll, pay premiums, process injury reports, manage claims and provi…

Student learner agreements. (a) A Wyoming school district, community college or technical school and an employer may enter into a student learner agreement for the purposes of providing student learners vocational work and training opportunities and for student learners to earn c…

Any employer electing to report under a consolidated account shall provide written notice to the division of its intent. The election shall remain in effect for one (1) year or until withdrawn in writing, whichever occurs later. Any employer or joint employer contributing as requ…

Rates and classifications; rate surcharge. (a) The worker's compensation program shall be neither more nor less than self-supporting. Employments affected by this act shall be divided by the division into classes, whose rates may be readjusted annually as the division actuarially…

Premium payments; payroll reports; department authority to establish joint reporting; remedies for incorrect earnings categorizations by employers. (a) Except as provided under subsection (e) of this section, each employer shall forward to the division on forms provided by the di…

Failure of employer to make payments; interest; lien; injunction; nonexclusive remedies. (a) Any employer not applying for coverage of eligible employees or, after obtaining coverage under this act, any employer failing, neglecting or refusing to make payments required by this ac…

Coverage of out-of-state injuries; filing. (a) Repealed By Laws 1997, ch. 177, § 2. (b) The payment or award of benefits under the worker's compensation law of another state to an employee or his dependents otherwise entitled on account of the injury or death to the benefits of t…

State contributions; presumed pay of specified employees. (a) State agencies shall administer this act as an employer with respect to its employees including filing payroll reports and submitting premium payments for those employees engaged in extrahazardous employment and covere…

Public contract work; coverage procedure; responsibility on private contracts. (a) If the state, county, University of Wyoming, community college district, school district, special district or municipality engages in work in which employees are employed for wages and if the work …

Employer registration required; person acquiring trade of another employer; transfer of experience and assignment of rates; out of state employers. (a) Any employer subject to this act shall not commence business or engage in work in this state without applying for coverage under…

Applicability of provisions; reciprocity. (a) This act applies to all injuries and deaths occurring in Wyoming in employment described in W.S. 27-14-108(a), (d), (e), (j), (k) or (m) but applies to injuries and deaths occurring in Wyoming to employees of nonresident employers onl…

Required reporting; security required for certain nonresident employers. (a) Nonresident employers before starting work, and from time to time after the work has been commenced, shall report to the director the nature and progress of the work, the location of the work and the num…

Contract with nonresident conditioned upon compliance. A contract shall not be let to a nonresident employer for work or services within the state until the contributions provided by this act have been paid.

Return of deposit to nonresident employer after cessation of operations. Money, bonds or other security deposited pursuant to this act shall be returned to the nonresident employer in accordance with W.S. 27-1-106.

Secretary of state designated agent for service of process. Nonresident employers upon engaging in any covered employment, unless they designate a resident agent for service of process, shall be deemed from the date of the commencement of work to have designated the secretary of …

Extraterritorial applicability of provisions; reciprocity. (a) Repealed By Laws 1997, ch. 177, § 2. (b) A certificate from an authorized officer of the worker's compensation department or similar agency of another state certifying that an employer of that state is bound by the wo…

Penalty for failure to post bond. The willful failure of any nonresident employer in a covered employment to give bond or other security required by this act constitutes a misdemeanor, punishable by a fine of not more than five thousand dollars ($5,000.00), imprisonment for not m…