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WY Stat § 27-1-101 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 27 - Labor and Employment|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|Section 27-1-101 - "Manufacturing Establishment" Defined; "Person" Defined.

27-1-101. "Manufacturing establishment" defined; "person" defined.| Manufacturing establishments, as those words are used in this act, shall mean and include all smelters, oil refineries, cement works, mills of every kind, machine and repair shops, and in addition to the foregoing, any other kind or character of manufacturing establishment, of any nature or description whatsoever, wherein any natural product or other articles or materials of any kind, in a raw or unfinished or incomplete state or condition, are converted into a new or improved or different form. Wherever the expression occurs in this act in substantially the following words: "every person owning or operating any manufacturing establishment," or where language similar to that is used, the word "person" in that connection shall be held and construed to mean any person or persons, partnership, corporation, receiver, trust, trustee, or any other person or combination of persons, either natural or artificial, by whatever name he or they may be called.
WY Stat § 27-1-102 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 27 - Labor and Employment|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|Section 27-1-102 - Doors at Public Places to Open Outward; Handrails on Stairs; Enforcement.

27-1-102. Doors at public places to open outward; handrails on stairs; enforcement.| All doors leading into or to any manufacturing establishment, mills, workshops, offices, bakeries, laundries, stores, hotels, theaters, halls, or other buildings in which people are employed, shall be so constructed as to open outward, when practicable, and shall not be locked, bolted or fastened so as to prevent free egress during working hours. Proper and substantial handrails shall be provided on all stairways in manufacturing establishments, mills, workshops, offices, bakeries, laundries, stores, hotels, theaters, halls, and other buildings where people are employed or rooms are rented to the public. The department of workforce services shall have authority to enforce by due process of law, the provisions of this section, and other laws relating to fire escapes.
WY Stat § 27-1-103 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 27 - Labor and Employment|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|Section 27-1-103 - Safety Devices on Elevators and Machinery.

27-1-103. Safety devices on elevators and machinery.| The openings of all hoistways, hatchways, elevators, well holes and stairways in manufacturing establishments, mills, workshops, bakeries, laundries, stores, hotels, theaters, halls, or any other kind of establishment where labor is employed, or machinery used, shall be protected by trapdoors, hatches, fences, automatic gates or other safeguards, and all due diligence shall be used to keep all such means of protection closed, except when it is necessary to have the same open for use when practicable. All machinery, in use in any mercantile, manufacturing, or any other establishment whatsoever where labor is employed, shall be equipped, with proper shifters for throwing on or off pulleys, loose pulleys and other such safeguards as may be deemed necessary by the department of workforce services for the proper safeguard of life and limb.
WY Stat § 27-1-104 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 27 - Labor and Employment|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|Section 27-1-104 - Mines and Interstate Railroads Exempt.

27-1-104. Mines and interstate railroads exempt.| Nothing herein contained, as applied to inspection and application of safety devices, shall be construed to be applicable to coal and metalliferous mines and workshops connected therewith, nor to railroads engaged in interstate commerce and workshops connected therewith.
WY Stat § 27-1-105 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 27 - Labor and Employment|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|Section 27-1-105 - Employees' Contract Releasing Employer From Personal Injury Liability Void.

27-1-105. Employees' contract releasing employer from personal injury liability void.| It shall be unlawful for any person, company or corporation to require of its servants or employees, as a condition of their employment or otherwise, any contract or agreement whereby such person, company or corporation shall be released or discharged from liability or responsibility on account of personal injuries received by such servants or employees while in service of such person, company or corporation, by reason of the negligence of such person, company or corporation, or the agents or employees thereof, and such contracts shall be absolutely null and void.
WY Stat § 27-1-107 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 27 - Labor and Employment|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|Section 27-1-107 - Nonresident Employers to Post Bond; Penalty.

27-1-107. Nonresident employers to post bond; penalty.| Any person or persons, corporation, agent, manager or employer who shall violate or fail to comply with any of the provisions of W.S. 27-1-106 shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall for each offense, be subject to a fine of not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000.00), imprisonment for not more than one (1) year, or both.
WY Stat § 27-1-108 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 27 - Labor and Employment|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|Section 27-1-108 - Penalties Generally.

27-1-108. Penalties generally.| Any person who violates or omits to comply with any of the provisions of this act, or any final order of the department of workforce services is guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be punished by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000.00), imprisonment in the county jail for not more than one (1) year, or both.
WY Stat § 27-1-109 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 27 - Labor and Employment|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|Section 27-1-109 - Prosecution of Violations.

27-1-109. Prosecution of violations.| The district attorney for any county in this state shall, upon receipt of a verified complaint from the director of the department of workforce services or a final agency decision of the department of workforce services prosecute to termination before any court of competent jurisdiction, in the name of the state of Wyoming, actions or proceedings against any person or persons charged with violation of any of the provisions of this act, or any of the laws of this state enacted for the protection of employees.
WY Stat § 27-1-110 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 27 - Labor and Employment|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|Section 27-1-110 - State Rehabilitation Council; Membership; Chairman.

27-1-110. State rehabilitation council; membership; chairman.| (a) There is established a permanent council within the department of workforce services to be known as the Wyoming governor's state rehabilitation council, to consist of:  (i) At least one (1) representative of the statewide independent living council;  (ii) At least one (1) representative of a parent training and information center;  (iii) At least one (1) representative of the client assistance program;  (iv) At least one (1) vocational rehabilitative counselor;  (v) At least one (1) representative of community rehabilitation program service providers;  (vi) Four (4) representatives of business, industry and labor;  (vii) At least two (2) representatives of disability advocacy groups;  (viii) At least two (2) current or former applicants of vocational rehabilitation services;  (ix) The administrator of the division of vocational rehabilitation;  (x) At least one (1) representative of the department of education;  (xi) At least one (1) representative of the state workforce investment board.  (b) The director of the department of workforce services shall be an ex officio, nonvoting member of the state rehabilitation council.  (c) A majority of council members shall be persons who are:  (i) Individuals with disabilities;  (ii) Not employed by the division of vocational rehabilitation.  (d) One (1) of the members shall be elected chairman by the members of the council. The appointive members shall hold office for the term specified. The council shall be nonpartisan. The governor may remove any council member as provided in W.S. 9-1-202.
WY Stat § 27-1-111 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 27 - Labor and Employment|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|Section 27-1-111 - Duties of Council and Department.

27-1-111. Duties of council and department.| The department of workforce services, with advice of the council, shall carry on a continuing program to promote the employment of physically, mentally, emotionally and otherwise handicapped persons by creating statewide interest in the rehabilitation and employment of the handicapped and by obtaining and maintaining cooperation from all public and private groups and individuals in the field. The council shall work in cooperation with the president's committee on employment of the handicapped in order to more effectively carry out the purposes of this act.
WY Stat § 27-1-112 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 27 - Labor and Employment|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|Section 27-1-112 - Authority of Council to Receive Gifts, Grants or Donations.

27-1-112. Authority of council to receive gifts, grants or donations.| The department of workforce services, on behalf of the council, is authorized to receive any gifts, grants or donations made for any of the purposes of its program.
WY Stat § 27-1-113 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 27 - Labor and Employment|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|Section 27-1-113 - Employer Immunity for Disclosure of Certain Employee Information; Rebuttal of Presumption.

27-1-113. Employer immunity for disclosure of certain employee information; rebuttal of presumption.| (a) An employer who discloses information about a former employee's job performance to a prospective employer or to an employer of the former employee is presumed to be acting in good faith. Unless lack of good faith is shown by a preponderance of evidence, the employer is immune from civil liability for the disclosure or for the consequences resulting from the disclosure.  (b) For purposes of subsection (a) of this section, the presumption of good faith is rebutted upon a showing that the information disclosed by the former employer was knowingly false or deliberately misleading or was rendered with malicious purpose.
WY Stat § 27-1-114 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 27 - Labor and Employment|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|Section 27-1-114 - Temporary Employment Fees.

27-1-114. Temporary employment fees.| (a) A temporary service contractor for temporary workers is not entitled to collect a fee from an employer for the permanent employment of a temporary worker placed by the temporary service contractor, unless the employer is notified in writing of the existence and the amount of the fee prior to the date of services being rendered by a temporary worker to the employer.  (b) For the purpose of this section "temporary service contractor" means any person, firm, association or corporation conducting a business that employs individuals directly for the purpose of furnishing services of the employed individuals on a temporary basis to others.
WY Stat § 27-1-116 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 27 - Labor and Employment|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|Section 27-1-116 - Business Relationship Between Franchisors and Franchisees; Business Relationship Between Franchisors and Employees of Franchisees.

27-1-116. Business relationship between franchisors and franchisees; business relationship between franchisors and employees of franchisees.| (a) Neither a franchisee nor a franchisee's employee shall be deemed to be an employee of the franchisor for any purpose under this title, unless otherwise agreed to in writing by the franchisor and the franchisee.  (b) This section shall not apply to a voluntary agreement entered into between the United States department of labor and a franchisee.  (c) As used in this section, "franchisee" and "franchisor" have the same definitions as set out in 16 C.F.R. 436.1.
WY Stat § 27-2-104 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 27 - Labor and Employment|Chapter 2 - Labor and Statistics|Section 27-2-104 - Duties of Department of Workforce Services.

27-2-104. Duties of department of workforce services.| (a) The department of workforce services shall:  (i) Enforce all laws enacted by the legislature of Wyoming, relating to labor, wages, hours of labor, and to the health, welfare, life and limb of the workers of this state;  (ii) Repealed By Laws 2001, Ch. 162, § 2.  (iii) Make necessary inspections of industrial establishments and buildings as provided by law;  (iv) Make an inspection of all living accommodations provided for employees wherever employed, where the living accommodations are furnished as a part of the wages; and  (v) To promulgate reasonable rules.  (b) Repealed By Laws 2002, Ch. 100, § 4.
WY Stat § 27-2-105 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 27 - Labor and Employment|Chapter 2 - Labor and Statistics|Section 27-2-105 - Report to Governor; Statistics and Information Required.

27-2-105. Report to governor; statistics and information required.| (a) The department of workforce services shall collect, classify, have printed and submit to the governor in its annual report the following statistics:  (i) The hours of labor and number of sex engaged in manual labor;  (ii) The aggregate and average daily wages classified by sex and occupation;  (iii) The number and character of accidents;  (iv) The working conditions of all industrial establishments (including manufacturing establishments, hotels, stores, workshops, theaters, halls and other places where labor is employed);  (v) Other information relating to industrial, economic, social, educational, moral and sanitary conditions of the workers; and  (vi) The results of its inspection of industrial establishments.
WY Stat § 27-2-108 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 27 - Labor and Employment|Chapter 2 - Labor and Statistics|Section 27-2-108 - Right of Entry.

27-2-108. Right of entry.| The director of the department of workforce services may designate employees of the department who shall have power to enter any manufacturing establishment, mill, workshop, office, bakery, laundry, store, hotel, theater, hall, or any public or private works where labor is employed, rooms are rented to the public, or machinery is used, for the purpose of enforcing the provisions of this act.
WY Stat § 27-2-109 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 27 - Labor and Employment|Chapter 2 - Labor and Statistics|Section 27-2-109 - Examination of Witnesses.

27-2-109. Examination of witnesses.| (a) The director of the department of workforce services may designate employees of the department who shall have the power to administer oaths, to examine witnesses under oath, to compel the attendance of witnesses and the giving of testimony in any part of this state.  (b) Repealed by Laws 1990, ch. 63, § 3; ch. 71, § 2.  (c) Repealed by Laws 1990, ch. 63, § 3; ch. 71, § 2.  (d) Repealed by Laws 1990, ch. 63, § 3; ch. 71, § 2.  (e) Repealed by Laws 1990, ch. 63, § 3; ch. 71, § 2.  (f) Repealed by Laws 1990, ch. 63, § 3; ch. 71, § 2.  (g) Except as otherwise provided by law, final agency decisions of the department of workforce services with regard to chapters 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9 of title 27, shall be issued only after an opportunity for hearing pursuant to the Wyoming Administrative Procedure Act. Any party aggrieved by a final agency decision of the department of workforce services with regards to chapters 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9 of title 27, shall have the right to appeal to district court pursuant to the Wyoming Administrative Procedure Act.
WY Stat § 27-2-112 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 27 - Labor and Employment|Chapter 2 - Labor and Statistics|Section 27-2-112 - Sale of Office Publications; Exception.

27-2-112. Sale of office publications; exception.| The department of workforce services may sell any publication or other duplicated or printed material, other than the biennial report, which it prepares and which the public may desire to purchase.
WY Stat § 27-2-113 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 27 - Labor and Employment|Chapter 2 - Labor and Statistics|Section 27-2-113 - Sale of Office Publications; Limitation on Charges.

27-2-113. Sale of office publications; limitation on charges.| The charges made by the department of workforce services shall not exceed the cost of materials, printing, duplication, packaging and postage.
WY Stat § 27-5-101 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 27 - Labor and Employment|Chapter 5 - Hours of Labor|Section 27-5-101 - State and County Employees; Overtime Compensation.

27-5-101. State and county employees; overtime compensation.| (a) The period of employment of state and county employees is eight (8) hours per day and forty (40) hours per week which constitute a lawful day's and week's work respectively.  (b) Except for employees whose maximum salary is remitted by statute, any state or county employee may be compensated at a rate one and one-half (1 1/2) times their regular compensation for each hour of service required to be performed in excess of eight (8) hours per day and forty (40) hours per week. If overtime compensation is paid pursuant to this section, no additional benefits, including compensatory time off, shall be allowed to the employee receiving the overtime compensation.  (c) Overtime compensation may only be authorized by the appropriate employing governing body subject to the following:  (i) For employees of the executive branch of state government, pursuant to rules and regulations of the human resources division of the department of administration and information. The human resources division shall specify what employees may receive overtime compensation, may require notification of an intent to pay overtime compensation preceding rendering of the additional services, and may prescribe any other limitations deemed desirable;  (ii) For employees of the legislative branch of state government, pursuant to rules and regulations of the management council of the legislative service office or resolution of the legislature;  (iii) For employees of the judicial branch of state government, pursuant to rules and regulations of the Wyoming supreme court;  (iv) For county employees, pursuant to rules and regulations of the respective boards of county commissioners.
WY Stat § 27-5-102 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 27 - Labor and Employment|Chapter 5 - Hours of Labor|Section 27-5-102 - Working Day; Mines Generally.

27-5-102. Working day; mines generally.| (a) The lawful working day in all underground mines is eight (8) hours per day, except:  (i) In case of emergency;  (ii) By mutual agreement between an employer and employee or employees' representative for a longer period of employment, but not to exceed sixteen (16) hours in any twenty-four (24) hour period.
WY Stat § 27-5-108 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 27 - Labor and Employment|Chapter 5 - Hours of Labor|Section 27-5-108 - Punitive Action Prohibited; Penalty.

27-5-108. Punitive action prohibited; penalty.| Any employer who takes or threatens punitive action against any employee who refuses to work more than eight (8) hours in any twenty-four (24) hour period, except as provided by W.S. 27-5-102, is guilty of a misdemeanor and subject to the penalty provided by W.S. 27-5-110.
WY Stat § 27-5-109 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 27 - Labor and Employment|Chapter 5 - Hours of Labor|Section 27-5-109 - Definitions.

27-5-109. Definitions.| (a) As used in this act:  (i) "Emergency" means any condition which, if not corrected immediately, will jeopardize:  (A) Human life; or  (B) Property.  (ii) "Employer" means any owner, lessee, agent, operator or manager of any underground mine;  (iii) "Punitive action" means to discharge, suspend or reprimand or threaten to discharge, suspend or reprimand, or diminish or threaten to diminish in any way any person's position or salary for refusing to work more than eight (8) hours in any twenty-four (24) hour period, in other than an emergency situation;  (iv) "Working day" means eight (8) hours of employment in any twenty-four (24) hour period;  (v) "This act" means W.S. 27-5-102, 27-5-108, 27-5-109 and 27-5-110.
WY Stat § 27-5-110 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 27 - Labor and Employment|Chapter 5 - Hours of Labor|Section 27-5-110 - Penalties.

27-5-110. Penalties.| Any person who violates any of the provisions of this act is guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction, for each offense, shall be punished by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars ($500.00), or by imprisonment for not more than six (6) months, or both.
WY Stat § 27-6-107 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 27 - Labor and Employment|Chapter 6 - Employment of Women and Children|Section 27-6-107 - Children; Proof of Age Required; Prohibited Employment.

27-6-107. Children; proof of age required; prohibited employment.| It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to employ, permit or allow any child under the age of fourteen (14) years to work at any gainful occupation except farm, domestic or lawn and yard service. To ensure that a child is of proper age to be employed under this section, every person, firm or corporation employing a child under sixteen (16) years of age shall procure and have on file where the child is employed, a form of proof of age as required under W.S. 27-6-108; provided however that under no circumstances shall any child under sixteen (16) years of age be employed in any occupation listed in W.S. 27-6-112 or in any occupation declared by the department of workforce services to be hazardous for children under sixteen (16) years of age.
WY Stat § 27-6-108 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 27 - Labor and Employment|Chapter 6 - Employment of Women and Children|Section 27-6-108 - Children; Proof of Age Required; Inspection and Form.

27-6-108. Children; proof of age required; inspection and form.| (a) The proof of age required by W.S. 27-6-107 shall be made available for inspection by any official charged with the enforcement of laws regulating the employment of minors. The acceptable forms of proof of age include the following:  (i) A duly attested birth certificate;  (ii) A properly prepared immigration and naturalization form I-9 showing the age of the child; or  (iii) Any other document showing the age of the child as approved by the department of workforce services.  (b) Repealed By Laws 1997, ch. 182, § 2.  (c) Repealed By Laws 1997, ch. 182, § 2.
WY Stat § 27-6-110 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 27 - Labor and Employment|Chapter 6 - Employment of Women and Children|Section 27-6-110 - Children; Hours of Labor.

27-6-110. Children; hours of labor.| (a) No child under sixteen (16) years of age shall be employed, permitted or suffered to work at any gainful occupation except farm or domestic service, for more than eight (8) hours in any twelve (12) hour period, or before the hour of five (5:00) o'clock a.m. or after the hour of ten (10:00) o'clock p.m. on nights followed by a school day, or after the hour of twelve (12:00) midnight on days which are not followed by a school day.  (b) Provided however that children between the ages of fourteen (14) and sixteen (16) years who are not enrolled in school may be employed at any gainful occupation for an eight (8) hour period between the hours of five (5:00) a.m. and twelve (12:00) midnight of any one (1) day.
WY Stat § 27-6-111 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 27 - Labor and Employment|Chapter 6 - Employment of Women and Children|Section 27-6-111 - Children; Employment During School Prohibited.

27-6-111. Children; employment during school prohibited.| No child under the age of sixteen (16) who is enrolled in any private or public school in the state of Wyoming shall be employed, permitted, or suffered to work at any occupation or service during the time that the classes of said school in which the said child is enrolled are in session.