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2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 27 - Labor and Employment › Chapter 3 - Unemployment Compensation › Article 7 - Penalties › Section 27-3-705 - Improper Filing of Claims; Penalties.

27-3-705. Improper filing of claims; penalties.
An individual who knowingly and with the intent to defraud allows or authorizes another person to sign the individual's name or use his personal identification number to make or file a claim for benefits on the individual's behalf is subject to the penalties prescribed in W.S. 27-3-311(e) and 27-3-702(a).
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 27 - Labor and Employment › Chapter 3 - Unemployment Compensation › Article 7 - Penalties › Section 27-3-706 - Experience Rating Manipulation; Penalties.

27-3-706. Experience rating manipulation; penalties.
(a) A person who knowingly, or with deliberate ignorance or reckless disregard of the true facts or the requirements of this act, violates or attempts to violate W.S. 27-3-507 or any other provision of this act related to determining the assignment of a contribution rate, or who knowingly advises another to violate the requirements of W.S. 27-3-507 or any other provision of this act related to determining the assignment of a contribution rate, shall be subject to the following penalties:
(i) A person who is an employer shall be assigned, for the rate year during which the noncompliance or misrepresentation occurred and for the following three (3) rate years, the highest rate assignable under W.S. 27-3-503. If the person's business is already at the highest rate for any year, or if the amount of increase in the person's rate would be less than two percent (2%) for that year, then a penalty rate of two percent (2%) of taxable wages shall be imposed for that year. This penalty may exceed the maximum assignable rate;
(ii) A person who is not an employer shall be subject to a civil penalty of not more than fifty thousand dollars ($50,000.00). Funds received by the division under this paragraph shall be paid over to the state treasurer to be credited to the public school fund of the county in which the violation for which the penalty imposed occurred;
(iii) In addition to the penalty imposed pursuant to paragraphs (i) and (ii) of this subsection, any violation or attempted violation of W.S. 27-3-507 or any other provision of this act related to determining the assignment of a contribution rate may be prosecuted as a felony punishable by a fine of not more than fifty thousand dollars ($50,000.00), imprisonment for not more than five (5) years, or both. The fine under this paragraph shall be paid over to the state treasurer to be credited to the public school fund of the county in which the violation for which the penalty imposed occurred.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 27 - Labor and Employment › Chapter 3 - Unemployment Compensation › Article 8 - Short Time Compensation Program › Section 27-3-801 - Definitions.

27-3-801. Definitions.
(a) As used in this article:
(i) "Affected unit" means a specified plant, department, shift or other definable unit of an employer that includes two (2) or more employees to which an approved short time compensation plan applies;
(ii) "Director" means the director of the department of workforce services or the director's designee responsible for approving applications for participation in a short time compensation plan;
(iii) "Health and retirement benefits" means employer provided health benefits and retirement benefits under a defined benefit pension plan as defined in section 414(j) of the Internal Revenue Code or contributions under a defined contribution plan defined in section 414(i) of the Internal Revenue Code that are incidents of employment in addition to the cash remuneration earned;
(iv) "Short time compensation" means the unemployment benefits payable to employees in an affected unit under an approved short time compensation plan, as distinguished from the benefits otherwise payable under this act;
(v) "Short time compensation plan" means a plan submitted by an employer for approval by the director under which the employer requests the payment of short time compensation to employees in an affected unit of the employer to avert layoffs;
(vi) "Unemployment compensation" means the benefits payable under this act other than short time compensation and includes any amounts payable pursuant to an agreement under any federal law providing for compensation, assistance or allowances with respect to unemployment;
(vii) "Usual weekly hours of work" means the usual hours of work for full-time or part-time employees in the affected unit when that affected unit is operating on the unit's regular basis, not to exceed forty (40) hours and not including hours of overtime work.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 27 - Labor and Employment › Chapter 3 - Unemployment Compensation › Article 8 - Short Time Compensation Program › Section 27-3-803 - Approval of a Short Time Compensation Plan.

27-3-803. Approval of a short time compensation plan.
The director shall approve or deny a short time compensation plan submitted by an employer within thirty (30) days of receipt of the plan and promptly notify the employer of the decision. A decision denying a plan shall clearly identify the reasons for the denial. The director's decision shall be final. An employer whose plan is not approved shall be allowed to submit another short time compensation plan for approval in accordance with rules specified by the commission.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 27 - Labor and Employment › Chapter 3 - Unemployment Compensation › Article 8 - Short Time Compensation Program › Section 27-3-804 - Effective Date and Duration of the Short Time Compensation Plan.

27-3-804. Effective date and duration of the short time compensation plan.
(a) An approved short time compensation plan shall be effective on the date that is mutually agreed upon by the employer and the director. The plan shall expire at the end of the twelfth full calendar month after the plan's effective date or an earlier date proposed in the approved short time compensation plan. The effective date and expiration date of an approved plan shall be specified in a notice of approval provided to the employer by the department.
(b) If a short time compensation plan is revoked by the director under W.S. 27-3-806, the plan shall terminate on the date specified in the director's written order of revocation.
(c) An employer may terminate a short time compensation plan at any time upon written notice to the director as specified by rule of the commission. Upon receipt of such notice from the employer, the director shall promptly notify each employee of the affected unit of the termination date. An employer may submit a new application to participate in another short time compensation plan at any time after the expiration or termination of a previous plan.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 27 - Labor and Employment › Chapter 3 - Unemployment Compensation › Article 8 - Short Time Compensation Program › Section 27-3-805 - Modification of an Approved Short Time Compensation Plan.

27-3-805. Modification of an approved short time compensation plan.
(a) An employer may request a substantial modification of an approved short time compensation plan by submitting a written request to the department. The request shall specify the proposed provisions to be modified and explain why the modification is appropriate. Subject to subsection (b) of this section, the director shall approve or deny in writing the proposed modification within twenty (20) days of receipt and promptly notify the employer.
(b) The director may approve a substantial modification request under subsection (a) of this section based on conditions that have changed since the short time compensation plan was originally approved provided that the modification is consistent with and supports the purposes for which the plan was initially approved. A modification shall not extend the expiration date of the original plan. If the director approves a substantial plan modification request, the effective date of the modification shall be included in the notice provided to the employer.
(c) An insubstantial plan modification shall not require director approval but the employer shall promptly report every change to the plan in writing to the director. If the director determines that the reported change is substantial, the department shall require the employer to submit a substantial plan modification request. The director may revoke an employer's plan if the employer fails to meet the reporting requirement under this subsection.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 27 - Labor and Employment › Chapter 3 - Unemployment Compensation › Article 8 - Short Time Compensation Program › Section 27-3-806 - Revocation of Short Time Compensation Plan Approval.

27-3-806. Revocation of short time compensation plan approval.
(a) The director may revoke approval of a short time compensation plan for good cause at any time including upon the request of any of the affected unit's employees. Good cause shall include an employer's failure to comply with the assurances and certifications given in the employer's plan under W.S. 27-3-802, unreasonable revision of productivity standards for an affected unit, conduct or occurrences tending to defeat the intent and effective operation of the short time compensation plan and violation of any criteria on which approval of the plan was based.
(b) Any revocation by the director of a short time compensation plan shall be provided to the employer in writing and shall specify the reasons for the revocation and the date the revocation is effective. A revocation under this section shall be subject to review under the Wyoming Administrative Procedure Act.
(c) The department may periodically review the operation of short time compensation plans to assure that no good cause exists for revocation of approved plans.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 27 - Labor and Employment › Chapter 3 - Unemployment Compensation › Article 8 - Short Time Compensation Program › Section 27-3-807 - Eligibility for Short Time Compensation Benefits.

27-3-807. Eligibility for short time compensation benefits.
(a) An employee shall only be eligible to receive short time compensation with respect to any week if:
(i) The employee is monetarily eligible for unemployment compensation;
(ii) The employee is not otherwise disqualified for unemployment compensation;
(iii) During that week, the employee is employed as a member of an affected unit under an approved short time compensation plan that was approved prior to that week and the plan is in effect with respect to the week for which short time compensation is claimed.
(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of this act relating to an employee's availability for work and actively seeking work, the employee is eligible to receive shared work benefits for a week in which the employee is able to work and is available for additional hours of work or for full-time work with the employee's short time compensation employer. Participating in training as approved by the department to enhance job skills or participating in employer-sponsored training or training funded under the federal Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act shall satisfy the requirements of this section.
(c) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, an employee covered by a short time compensation plan is deemed unemployed in any week during the duration of such plan if the employee's remuneration is reduced based on a reduction of the employee's usual weekly hours of work under an approved short time compensation plan.
(d) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, an eligible employee shall not be denied short time compensation benefits because of any provision of this act that provides requirements concerning:
(i) Availability for work;
(ii) Actively searching for work;
(iii) Any refusal to apply for or accept work with an employer other than the participating employer whose plan is approved under this article.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 27 - Labor and Employment › Chapter 3 - Unemployment Compensation › Article 8 - Short Time Compensation Program › Section 27-3-809 - Charging Short Time Compensation Benefits.

27-3-809. Charging short time compensation benefits.
Short time compensation shall be charged to employers' experience rating accounts in the same manner as unemployment compensation is charged under this act. The department may relieve an employer of charges or not require reimbursement for short time compensation benefits if the benefits are subject to one hundred percent (100%) reimbursement by the federal government or as otherwise specified by law.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 27 - Labor and Employment › Chapter 3 - Unemployment Compensation › Article 8 - Short Time Compensation Program › Section 27-3-810 - Extended Benefits.

27-3-810. Extended benefits.
An employee who has received all of the short time compensation or combined unemployment compensation and short time compensation available in a benefit year shall be considered an exhaustee for purposes of extended benefits as provided under W.S. 27-3-315 and if otherwise eligible under those provisions shall be eligible to receive extended benefits.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 27 - Labor and Employment › Chapter 3 - Unemployment Compensation › Article 8 - Short Time Compensation Program › Section 27-3-811 - Reporting Requirements.

27-3-811. Reporting requirements.
Not later than November 1 of each year until November 1, 2026, the department shall report to the joint appropriations committee on the short time compensation program established pursuant to this article. The report shall describe the administration of the short time compensation program, the number of employers participating in the program and the amount of funds that have been expended by the department on the program.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 27 - Labor and Employment › Chapter 4 - Wages › Article 1 - In General › Section 27-4-101 - Semimonthly Payments Required; Method of Payment; Agricultural Operations Exempt; Payment in Case of Labor Dispute or Temporary Layoff.

27-4-101. Semimonthly payments required; method of payment; agricultural operations exempt; payment in case of labor dispute or temporary layoff.
(a) Every person, firm or corporation, engaged in the operation of any railroad, mine, refinery, and work incidental to prospecting for, or the production of, oil and gas, or other factory, mill or workshop, within the state of Wyoming, shall, on or before the first day of each month, pay their employees the wages earned by them during the first half of the preceding month ending with the fifteenth day of the month, and on or before the fifteenth day of each month pay their employees the wages earned by them during the last half of the preceding month; provided, however, that if at any time of payment any employee shall be absent from his or her regular place of labor, and shall not receive his or her wages, at that time due and owing, through a duly authorized representative, he or she shall be entitled to payment at any time thereafter upon demand on the proper paymaster or at the place where wages are usually paid; provided, further, that if the first or the fifteenth of the month occurs on a day which is not a working day, that the last preceding working day shall be the payday, for all personnel who are regularly paid at one (1) location, provided, every employer shall establish and maintain regular paydays as herein provided and shall post and maintain copies of this law printed in plain type in at least two (2) conspicuous places where the notices can be seen by the employees.
(b) Every employer shall, at the time of each payment of wages, furnish each of his employees with a detachable part of the check, draft or voucher, paying the employees' wages, giving an itemized statement in writing showing all deductions made from such wages. If the employer does not make his payroll payments in the aforementioned manner, then he shall provide such itemized statement on a slip attached to such payment. Nothing in W.S. 27-4-101 through 27-4-103 shall be construed to prohibit an employer from depositing wages due or to become due or an advance on wages to be earned, in an account in any bank, savings and loan association, credit union or other financial institution authorized by the United States or one (1) of the several states to receive deposits in the United States if the employee has voluntarily authorized such deposit.
(c) Agricultural operations shall be exempt from the provisions provided herein.
(d) When work of any employee is suspended as a result of a labor dispute, or when an employee for any reason whatsoever is temporarily laid off, the employer shall pay in full to such employee on the next regular payday, either through the regular pay channels or by mail if requested by the employee, wages earned to the time of suspension or layoff.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 27 - Labor and Employment › Chapter 4 - Wages › Article 1 - In General › Section 27-4-103 - Semimonthly Payments Required; Penalty.

27-4-103. Semimonthly payments required; penalty.
Every person violating any of the provisions of this act, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine of not more than seven hundred fifty dollars ($750.00), or by imprisonment in the county jail for a period of not more than six (6) months, or by both fine and imprisonment.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 27 - Labor and Employment › Chapter 4 - Wages › Article 1 - In General › Section 27-4-104 - Payment of Employee Quitting or Discharged and Suit for Wages; Generally.

27-4-104. Payment of employee quitting or discharged and suit for wages; generally.
(a) Whenever an employee quits service or is discharged, the employee shall be paid whatever wages are due him in lawful money of the United States of America, or by check or draft which can be cashed at a bank, no later than the employer's usual practice on regularly scheduled payroll dates or at a time specified under the terms of a collective bargaining agreement between the employer and the employee. The employer may offset from any monies due the employee as wages, any sums due the employer from the employee which have been incurred by the employee during his employment. This section does not apply to the earnings of a sales agent employed on a commission basis and having custody of accounts, money or goods of his principal where the net amount due the agent may not be determinable except after an audit or verification of sales, accounts, funds or stocks.
(b) Whenever an employee who has quit, has been discharged from service, or because of action taken by the employer is prevented from working has cause to bring suit for wages earned and due, and shall establish in court the amount which is justly due, the court shall allow to the plaintiff interest on the past due wages at the rate of eighteen percent (18%) per annum from the date of discharge or termination or from the date when unpaid wages are required to be paid as specified in this act, together with a reasonable attorney fee and all costs of suit. Prosecution of a civil action to recover unpaid wages does not preclude prosecution under W.S. 27-4-105.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 27 - Labor and Employment › Chapter 4 - Wages › Article 1 - In General › Section 27-4-105 - Payment of Employee Quitting or Discharged and Suit for Wages; Penalty.

27-4-105. Payment of employee quitting or discharged and suit for wages; penalty.
Every person, firm or corporation willfully violating any of the provisions of W.S. 27-4-104 is guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punished by a fine of not less than five hundred dollars ($500.00) nor more than seven hundred fifty dollars ($750.00) for each offense.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 27 - Labor and Employment › Chapter 4 - Wages › Article 1 - In General › Section 27-4-106 - Assignment of Certain Accounts and Prosecution of Certain Suits Prohibited; Generally.

27-4-106. Assignment of certain accounts and prosecution of certain suits prohibited; generally.
It is hereby declared unlawful for any creditor or other holder of any evidence of debt, book account, or claim of any name or nature against any laborer, servant, clerk or other employee of any corporation, firm or individual in this state for the purpose below stated, to sell, assign, transfer, or by any means dispose of any such claim, book account, bill or debt of any name or nature whatever, to any person or persons, firm, corporation or institution, or to institute elsewhere than in this state or prosecute any suit or action for any such claim or debt against any such laborer, servant, clerk or employee, by any process seeking to seize, attach or garnish the wages of such person or persons earned within sixty (60) days prior to the commencement of such proceedings for the purpose of avoiding the effect of the laws of the state of Wyoming concerning exemptions.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 27 - Labor and Employment › Chapter 4 - Wages › Article 1 - In General › Section 27-4-107 - Assignment of Certain Accounts and Prosecution of Certain Suits Prohibited; Aiding Violation Deemed Unlawful.

27-4-107. Assignment of certain accounts and prosecution of certain suits prohibited; aiding violation deemed unlawful.
It is hereby declared unlawful for any person or persons to aid, assist, abet or counsel a violation of W.S. 27-4-106 for any purpose whatever.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 27 - Labor and Employment › Chapter 4 - Wages › Article 1 - In General › Section 27-4-108 - Assignment of Certain Accounts and Prosecution of Certain Suits Prohibited; Prima Facie Evidence.

27-4-108. Assignment of certain accounts and prosecution of certain suits prohibited; prima facie evidence.
In any proceeding, civil or criminal, growing out of a breach of W.S. 27-4-106 and 27-4-107, proof of the institution of a suit or service of garnishment summons by any persons, firm or individual in any court of any state or territory other than this state, to seize by process of garnishment or otherwise, any of the wages of such persons as defined in section 1 of this act shall be deemed prima facie evidence of an evasion of the laws of the state of Wyoming, and a breach of the provisions of W.S. 27-4-106 through 27-4-109 on the part of the creditor or resident in Wyoming causing the same to be done.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 27 - Labor and Employment › Chapter 4 - Wages › Article 1 - In General › Section 27-4-109 - Assignment of Certain Accounts and Prosecution of Certain Suits Prohibited; Liability and Penalty for Unlawful Assignment.

27-4-109. Assignment of certain accounts and prosecution of certain suits prohibited; liability and penalty for unlawful assignment.
Any person, firm, company, corporation, or business institution guilty of a violation of W.S. 27-4-106 and 27-4-107 shall be liable to the party so injured for the amount of the debt sold, assigned, transferred, garnisheed, or sued upon, with all costs and expenses, and a reasonable attorney's fee to be recovered in any court of competent jurisdiction in this state, and shall further be liable by prosecution to punishment by a fine not exceeding the sum of one hundred dollars ($100.00) and costs of prosecution.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 27 - Labor and Employment › Chapter 4 - Wages › Article 1 - In General › Section 27-4-110 - Assignments of Wages; Acceptance by Employer; Filing.

27-4-110. Assignments of wages; acceptance by employer; filing.
No assignment of, or order for, wages to be earned in the future to secure a loan of less than two hundred dollars ($200.00) shall be valid against an employer of the person making said assignment or order until said assignment or order is accepted in writing by the employer, and said assignment or order and the acceptance of the same have been filed and recorded with the clerk of the city or town where the party making said assignment or order resides, if a resident of this state, or in which he is employed, if not a resident of the commonwealth.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 27 - Labor and Employment › Chapter 4 - Wages › Article 1 - In General › Section 27-4-111 - Assignments of Wages; Consent of Marital Spouse Required.

27-4-111. Assignments of wages; consent of marital spouse required.
No assignment of or order for, wages to be earned in the future shall be valid, when made by a married individual, unless the written consent of the spouse to the assignment is attached thereto.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 27 - Labor and Employment › Chapter 4 - Wages › Article 1 - In General › Section 27-4-112 - Assignments of Wages; Certain Banks Exempt From Assignment Provisions.

27-4-112. Assignments of wages; certain banks exempt from assignment provisions.
National banks and all banking institutions which are under the supervision of the bank examiner shall be exempt from the provisions of this act.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 27 - Labor and Employment › Chapter 4 - Wages › Article 1 - In General › Section 27-4-113 - Contracts for Alien Labor; When Unenforceable.

27-4-113. Contracts for alien labor; when unenforceable.
No contract made for labor or services with any alien or foreigner previous to the time that such alien or foreigner may come into the state shall be enforced within this state for any period after six (6) months from the date of such contract.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 27 - Labor and Employment › Chapter 4 - Wages › Article 1 - In General › Section 27-4-114 - Contracts for Alien Labor; Measure of Recovery; Defenses.

27-4-114. Contracts for alien labor; measure of recovery; defenses.
Any alien or foreigner who shall hereafter perform labor or services for any person or persons, company or corporation within this state, shall be entitled to recover from such person or persons, company or corporation, a reasonable compensation for such labor or services, notwithstanding such person or persons, company or corporation may have paid any other party or parties for the same; and in actions for the price of such labor or services, no defense shall be admitted to the effect that the defendant or defendants had contracted with other parties who had, or pretended to have, power or authority to hire out the labor or services of such party or parties, or to receive the pay or price for such labor or services.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 27 - Labor and Employment › Chapter 4 - Wages › Article 1 - In General › Section 27-4-115 - Contracts for Alien Labor; Third Party Receiving Pay for Alien's Labor Prohibited.

27-4-115. Contracts for alien labor; third party receiving pay for alien's labor prohibited.
Any person, whether he or she acts for himself or herself, or as agent, attorney or employee for another or others, who shall, in pursuance of, or by virtue of, any contract made with any alien or foreigner, made before such alien or foreigner came into this state, receive or offer to receive any money, pay or remuneration for the labor or services of any alien or foreigner, excepting the person so performing such labor or services, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and, on conviction thereof, shall be fined in a sum not less than five hundred dollars ($500.00), and not more than five thousand dollars ($5,000.00), and imprisoned in the county jail for not less than three (3) nor more than twelve (12) months, for each and every offense.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 27 - Labor and Employment › Chapter 4 - Wages › Article 1 - In General › Section 27-4-116 - Employee Not Liable for Dishonored Check; Penalty.

27-4-116. Employee not liable for dishonored check; penalty.
(a) No employer shall withhold money from an employee's wages for accepting a check on behalf of the employer which is not paid because the check is dishonored unless:
(i) The employer has provided written instructions as to procedures for accepting checks and the employee fails to follow the procedures; or
(ii) The employer reasonably believes that the employee has been a party to a fraud or other wrongdoing in taking a dishonored check.
(b) Every employer who violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not more than seven hundred fifty dollars ($750.00).
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 27 - Labor and Employment › Chapter 4 - Wages › Article 2 - Minimum Wages › Section 27-4-201 - Definitions.

27-4-201. Definitions.
(a) As used in this act:
(i) "Wage" means compensation due to an employee by reason of his employment;
(ii) "Employ" includes to suffer or to permit to work;
(iii) "Employer" includes any individual, partnership, association, corporation, business trust, or any person or group of persons acting directly or indirectly in the interest of an employer in relation to an employee;
(iv) "Employee" includes any individual employed by an employer but shall not include:
(A) Any individual employed in agriculture;
(B) Any individual employed in domestic service in or about a private home;
(C) Any individual employed in a bona fide executive, administrative, or professional capacity;
(D) Any individual employed by the United States, or by the state or any political subdivision thereof;
(E) Any individual engaged in the activities of an educational, charitable, religious, or nonprofit organization where the employer-employee relationship does not, in fact, exist or where the services rendered to such organization are on a voluntary basis;
(F) Repealed By Laws 2001, Ch. 1, 2.
(G) Any individual employed as an outside salesman whose compensation is solely commission on sales;
(H) Any individual whose employment is driving an ambulance or other vehicle from time to time as necessity requires but who is on call at any time;
(J) Repealed By Laws 2001, Ch. 1, 2.
(v) In this act, "shall" is used in an imperative sense and "may" is used in a permissive sense;
(vi) "Occupation" means any occupation, service, trade, business, industry, or branch or group of industries or employment or class of employment in which individuals are gainfully employed.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 27 - Labor and Employment › Chapter 4 - Wages › Article 2 - Minimum Wages › Section 27-4-202 - Minimum Wage Rates.

27-4-202. Minimum wage rates.
(a) Every employer shall pay to each of his or her employees wages at a rate of not less than five dollars and fifteen cents ($5.15) per hour.
(b) Effective April 1, 2001 and thereafter, all employers who employ tipped employees shall not pay less than two dollars and thirteen cents ($2.13) per hour to his tipped employees. Provided further, if the wage paid by the employer combined with the tips received by the employee during a given pay period does not equal at least the applicable minimum wage as prescribed in subsection (a) of this section, the employer shall pay the difference to the tipped employee. For the purposes of this act, all "tip" employees shall furnish monthly to their respective employers the daily record of tips required to be kept by "tip" employees under the laws of the United States and upon the forms prescribed by the internal revenue service of the United States treasury department. The daily record of tips shall constitute prima facie proof of the amount of tips received by the employee. Proof of a customary tipping percentage of sales or service shall also be an admissible form of proof of the amount of tips. A "tip" employee is one who customarily and regularly receives more than thirty dollars ($30.00) a month in tips.
(c) In lieu of the rate prescribed in subsection (a) of this section, any employer may pay any employee who has not attained the age of twenty (20) years a wage which is not less than four dollars and twenty-five cents ($4.25) per hour during the first ninety (90) consecutive days after the employee is initially employed by the employer. No employer may take any action to displace employees, including partial displacements such as reduction in hours, wages or employment benefits for purposes of hiring individuals at the wage authorized in this subsection.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 27 - Labor and Employment › Chapter 4 - Wages › Article 2 - Minimum Wages › Section 27-4-203 - Record of Work of Employees Required.

27-4-203. Record of work of employees required.
Every employer subject to this act shall make, and keep for a period of not less than two (2) years in or about the premises wherein any employee is employed, a record of the name, address and occupation of each of his employees, the rate of pay, and the amount paid each pay period to each such employee, the hours worked each day and each work week by such employee.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 27 - Labor and Employment › Chapter 4 - Wages › Article 2 - Minimum Wages › Section 27-4-204 - Liability for Unpaid Minimum Wage; Suit for Collection.

27-4-204. Liability for unpaid minimum wage; suit for collection.
(a) Any employer who shall pay to any employee wages at a rate less than that prescribed in the foregoing section shall be liable in a civil action, to the employee in the amount of his or her unpaid minimum wage, and the aggrieved employee may bring a civil action for enforcement of this act and the recovery of his or her unpaid wages together with reasonable attorney fees and the costs of the action.
(b) Repealed by Laws 1990, ch. 71, 2.
(c) Repealed by Laws 1990, ch. 71, 2.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 27 - Labor and Employment › Chapter 4 - Wages › Article 3 - Equal Pay › Section 27-4-301 - Definitions.

27-4-301. Definitions.
(a) "Employee" means any individual employed by an employer.
(b) "Employer" includes any person acting directly or indirectly in the interest of an employer in relation to an employee.
(c) "Employ" includes to suffer or permit to work.
(d) "Occupation" includes any industry, trade, business or branch thereof, or any employment or class of employment.
(e) "Director" means the director of the department of workforce services or his designee who is authorized to administer W.S. 27-4-301 through 27-4-304.
(f) "Person" includes one (1) or more individuals, partnerships, corporations, associations, legal representatives, trustees, trustees in bankruptcy or receivers.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 27 - Labor and Employment › Chapter 4 - Wages › Article 3 - Equal Pay › Section 27-4-302 - Prohibition on Paying Employees Less for Same Work.

27-4-302. Prohibition on paying employees less for same work.
(a) No employer shall discriminate, within the same establishment in which the employees are employed, between employees on the basis of gender by paying wages to employees at a rate less than the rate at which the employer pays wages to employees of the opposite gender for equal work on jobs the performance of which requires equal skill, effort and responsibility and which are performed under similar working conditions, except where the payment is made pursuant to:
(i) A seniority system;
(ii) A merit system;
(iii) A system which measures earning by quantity or quality of production; or
(iv) A differential based on any other factor other than gender.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 27 - Labor and Employment › Chapter 4 - Wages › Article 3 - Equal Pay › Section 27-4-303 - Liability of Employer Generally; Liquidated Damages; Individual and Group Actions; Assignment of Claim.

27-4-303. Liability of employer generally; liquidated damages; individual and group actions; assignment of claim.
(a) An employer who violates the provisions of W.S. 27-4-302 shall be liable to the employee or employees affected in the amount of their unpaid wages, and in an additional equal amount as liquidated damages. Action to recover liability may be maintained in any court of competent jurisdiction by any one (1) or more employees for and in behalf of the employee or the employees and other employees similarly situated, and no agreement by the employee to work for less than the wage to which the employee is entitled under this act shall be a defense to any action.
(b) Upon receipt of a written claim by any employee of a violation of this act, the director shall process, investigate and determine the validity of the claim. The director shall have power to join various claims against the same employer in one (1) claim. If either the employer or employee is aggrieved by the director's determination, the aggrieved party may request a fair hearing. The aggrieved party must file a written request for hearing within fifteen (15) calendar days of receipt of the director's determination. Upon receipt of a timely submitted request for hearing, the director shall appoint an independent hearing officer to conduct the fair hearing between the employer and employee. The fair hearing shall be conducted pursuant to the Wyoming Administrative Procedure Act. The hearing officer's determination shall constitute the director's final agency action. Upon a finding by the hearing officer that the claim is valid, the director shall order the employer to pay the amount of wages due plus an additional equal amount as liquidated damages. Where the employer failed to appeal an adverse determination to the district court and failed to comply with the director's order, the director shall refer the matter to the appropriate county attorney for enforcement of the director's order.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 27 - Labor and Employment › Chapter 4 - Wages › Article 3 - Equal Pay › Section 27-4-304 - Penalty for Violations.

27-4-304. Penalty for violations.
Any employer who willfully violates any provision of this act, or who discharges or in any other manner discriminates against any employee because the employee has made any complaint to his employer, the director or any other person, or instituted, or caused to be instituted any proceeding under or related to this act, or has testified or is about to testify in the proceedings, shall, upon conviction by a court of competent jurisdiction, be punished by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars ($500.00), by imprisonment for not more than six (6) months, or both.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 27 - Labor and Employment › Chapter 4 - Wages › Article 4 - Prevailing Wages › Section 27-4-402 - Definitions.

27-4-402. Definitions.
(a) As used in this act:
(i) "Construction" includes construction, reconstruction, improvement, enlargement, alteration or repair of any public improvement fairly estimated to cost one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000.00) or more;
(ii) "Director" shall mean the director of the department or his designee;
(iii) "Prevailing hourly rate of wages" means the wages paid generally to and the associated customary and usual fringe benefit costs paid on behalf of workers engaged in work of a similar character;
(iv) Repealed By Laws 2001, Ch. 145, 2.
(v) "Maintenance work" means the repair, but not the replacement, of existing facilities when the size, type or extent of the existing facilities is not thereby changed or increased;
(vi) "Public body" means the state of Wyoming or any officer, board or commission of the state;
(vii) "Public works" means all fixed works constructed for public use, whether or not done under public supervision or direction, or paid for wholly or in part out of public funds or assessment of property owners or rights users;
(viii) "Workmen" means laborers, workmen and mechanics employed directly upon the actual construction site by contractors or subcontractors or the public body;
(ix) "Locality" for public heavy, highway projects and public building projects means the following districts wherein the physical work is performed:
(A) For federal highway and construction projects:
(I) The entire state of Wyoming excluding any area defined as a metropolitan statistical area pursuant to 44 U.S.C. 3504(e)(3) and 31 U.S.C. 1104(d);
(II) Any area defined as a metropolitan statistical area pursuant to 44 U.S.C. 3504(e)(3) and 31 U.S.C. 1104(d).
(B) For state only heavy and highway projects, the entire state of Wyoming;
(C) For public building projects, the entire state of Wyoming.
(x) "Department" means the department of workforce services;
(xi) "This act" means W.S. 27-4-401 through 27-4-413.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 27 - Labor and Employment › Chapter 4 - Wages › Article 4 - Prevailing Wages › Section 27-4-403 - Prevailing Hourly Wage on Public Works Projects; Transportation of Materials; Exception for Trainees.

27-4-403. Prevailing hourly wage on public works projects; transportation of materials; exception for trainees.
(a) Except as provided by subsection (c) of this section, not less than the prevailing hourly rate of wages for work of a similar character in the locality in which the work is performed, shall be paid to all workmen employed by or on behalf of any public body engaged in the construction of public works, exclusive of maintenance work. Only such workmen as are directly employed in actual construction work on the site of the building or construction job shall be deemed to be employed on public works.
(b) When the hauling of materials or equipment includes some phase of construction other than the mere transportation to the site of the construction, workmen engaged in the dual capacity shall be deemed employed directly on public works when such work shall be more than incidental to the regular duties of the hauling.
(c) Notwithstanding subsection (a) of this section, an employee employed pursuant to and registered in a training or an apprenticeship program approved by the United States department of labor or a training program approved by the department of transportation and the federal highway administration, except where specified by registered or approved training or apprenticeship programs, shall be paid as follows:
(i) During the first half of the training period, at a rate not less than sixty percent (60%) of the appropriate minimum journeyman's wage rate specified within the employment contract;
(ii) During the period commencing upon completion of the first half of the training program and ending upon completion of seventy-five percent (75%) of the program, at a rate not less than seventy-five percent (75%) of the appropriate minimum journeyman's wage rate specified within the employment contract;
(iii) During the remaining portion and until completion of the training program, at a rate not less than ninety percent (90%) of the appropriate minimum journeyman's wage rate specified within the employment contract.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 27 - Labor and Employment › Chapter 4 - Wages › Article 4 - Prevailing Wages › Section 27-4-404 - Director to Investigate Complaints; Rules and Regulations.

27-4-404. Director to investigate complaints; rules and regulations.
Upon complaint of violation of this act or upon reasonable suspicion that a violation of this act has occurred, the director shall investigate, and shall institute actions for penalties herein prescribed when proven violations are considered by him to be intentional and willful in nature. The director may establish rules and regulations for the purpose of carrying out the purposes of this act.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 27 - Labor and Employment › Chapter 4 - Wages › Article 4 - Prevailing Wages › Section 27-4-405 - Duty of Public Authority to Ascertain Wage Rate for Public Works; Requirement as to Call for Bids.

27-4-405. Duty of public authority to ascertain wage rate for public works; requirement as to call for bids.
(a) Before any public body awards a contract for public works, it shall obtain from the department the prevailing hourly rate of wages in the locality in which the work is to be performed, for each craft or type of workman needed to execute the contract or project. The public body shall specify in the resolution or ordinance and in the call for bids for the contract, what the prevailing hourly rate of wages in the locality is for each craft or type of workman needed to execute the contract, and it shall be mandatory upon the contractor to whom the contract is awarded and upon any subcontractor under him, to pay not less than the specified rates to all workmen employed by them in the execution of the contract. The public body awarding the contract shall cause to be inserted in the contract a stipulation to the effect that not less than the prevailing hourly rate of wages as determined by the department pursuant to W.S. 27-4-406, or determined by the court on review, shall be paid to all workmen performing work under the contract. It shall also require in all the contractor's bonds that the contractor include such provision as will guarantee the faithful performance of the prevailing hourly wage clause as provided by the contract. The finding of the department specifying the prevailing hourly rate of wages in accordance with this subsection, shall be final for all purposes of the contract then being considered, unless reviewed under the provisions of this act. A public body doing public works directly shall comply with the prevailing hourly rate of wages portion of this subsection for each craft or type of workman so employed. In reviewing bids for public works contracts, the public body shall only award a bid preference in the percentage specified in W.S. 16-6-102(a) to any prospective contractor who participated, as certified by the department, in the department's wage survey for the period applicable to the contract being awarded.
(b) In determining prevailing hourly wage rates, the department shall ascertain and consider the applicable hourly wage rates established by collective bargaining agreements, if any, such hourly wage rates as are paid generally within the locality and the most current department hourly wage survey as adjusted in W.S. 27-4-406.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 27 - Labor and Employment › Chapter 4 - Wages › Article 4 - Prevailing Wages › Section 27-4-406 - Wage Rate to Be Filed With Director and Mailed to Employers and Certain Employees.

27-4-406. Wage rate to be filed with director and mailed to employers and certain employees.
(a) The department shall annually determine the prevailing hourly rate of wages within the state for all occupations, crafts or type of workers expected to be required for public works in the state. In carrying out this subsection, the department shall:
(i) Repealed By Laws 2007, Ch. 109, 2.
(ii) Provide for a moving average wage adjustment as defined in rules and regulations of the department;
(iii) Customize a survey for the construction trades.
(b) Upon determining the prevailing hourly rate of wages under subsection (a) of this section, the department shall provide notice of its determination to:
(i) The general public by publication in a newspaper of general circulation within each locality for which a prevailing wage rate is determined; and
(ii) Each state agency and, upon written request, to any employer or other person. Notice under this paragraph shall be made promptly by certified mail.