If An Employee Were To Die, What Rules Apply With Respect To The Final Payment Of Wages To That Worker's Heirs Or Next Of Kin? http://resources.lawinfo.com/en/Legal-FAQs/Labor-Employment/Wyoming/index.html LawInfo - Legal Resource Center offers free legal forms and free legal documents that is designed to help consumers and businesses resolve their legal issues If An Employee Were To Die, What Rules Apply With Respect To The Final Payment Of Wages To That Worker's Heirs Or Next Of Kin? http://resources.lawinfo.com/en/Legal-FAQs/Labor-Employment/Wyoming/if-an-employee-were-to-die-what-rules-apply-w.html The deceased employee's heirs or next of kin shall be paid within five working days. What penalties apply if an employer does not properly pay: <ol> <li>minimum wage? No penalties apply, however, the aggrieved employee may bring civil action for enforcement and recovery of unpaid wages together with reasonable attorney fees and cost of the action. overtime? None. <li>wages in a timely manner? It is a misdemeanor and punishable by a fine of $200.00 for each day the employer fails to comply with an order to pay wages lawfully due when the order is not appealed. <li>If salaried supervisors, professionals or administrative staff can be classified as exempt from eligibility for overtime pay, is that exemption lost? There is no state overtime pay requirement that provides these kinds of exemptions. </ol> Tue, 29 May 2007 21:19:00 GMT Are Employers Required To Post Wage, Wage-Hour Or Family Leave Posters? http://resources.lawinfo.com/en/Legal-FAQs/Labor-Employment/Wyoming/are-employers-required-to-post-wage-wage-hour.html Not under state statute. Wyoming Labor and Employment FAQs Tue, 29 May 2007 21:19:00 GMT Can An Employer Adopt A Vacation Policy Which Provides That: http://resources.lawinfo.com/en/Legal-FAQs/Labor-Employment/Wyoming/can-an-employer-adopt-a-vacation-policy-which.html <ol> <li>unused days at the end of the year are lost (rather than being carried over or paid?) Yes, only if the employer has provided the employee full opportunity to use earned vacation days or has not refused a request to use it. <li>vacation days are earned only upon reaching the employee's anniversary date and, as such, no pro rata use or payment will be made if employment ceases before the employee reaches his anniversary date? Yes. <li>new employees do not earn any vacation time until reaching the first anniversary date? Yes </ol> Wyoming Labor and Employment FAQs Tue, 29 May 2007 21:19:00 GMT Can An Employer Make Deductions From An Employee's Wages Due To: http://resources.lawinfo.com/en/Legal-FAQs/Labor-Employment/Wyoming/can-an-employer-make-deductions-from-an-emplo.html <ol> <li>cash register shortages? Yes, provided the promulgated rules are followed. <li>an employee's failure to repay advances of vacation, sick, or personal days? Yes, however, there is no specific offset rule addressing this. <li>an employee's obligation to repay a loan made by the employer? Yes, provided the promulgated rules are followed. <li>repay the employer because of the employee's destruction or loss of equipment or property of the employer? Yes, provided the promulgated rules are followed. </ol> Wyoming Labor and Employment FAQs Tue, 29 May 2007 21:19:00 GMT Can Employees Be Required To Accept Direct Deposit Of Their Paychecks? http://resources.lawinfo.com/en/Legal-FAQs/Labor-Employment/Wyoming/can-employees-be-required-to-accept-direct-de.html No. There is nothing prohibiting an employer from depositing wages due in an account in any financial institution authorized by the United States or any state if the employee has voluntarily authorized such request. Wyoming Labor and Employment FAQs Tue, 29 May 2007 21:19:00 GMT How Frequently Must Employees Be Paid? http://resources.lawinfo.com/en/Legal-FAQs/Labor-Employment/Wyoming/how-frequently-must-employees-be-paid.html For most employers, there is no timely payment requirement of regular wage payments. For persons, firms or corporations 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 the employees the wages earned by them during the first half of the preceding month ending with the fifteenth day thereof, and on or before the fifteenth day of each month pay the employees thereof the wages earned by them during the last half of the preceding month. Wyoming Labor and Employment FAQs Tue, 29 May 2007 21:19:00 GMT How Long After A Workweek Or Bi-Weekly Pay Period Ends Must Employees Be Paid (E.G., If A Workweek Ends At Midnight On Sunday, By What Date Must The Check Be Distributed?) http://resources.lawinfo.com/en/Legal-FAQs/Labor-Employment/Wyoming/how-long-after-a-workweek-or-bi-weekly-pay-pe.html There is no requirement that some employers make timely payment of regular paychecks. For persons, firms or corporations 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, payment is required on or before the first day of each month, when the wages are earned during the first half of the preceding month ending with the fifteenth day thereof; and on or before the fifteenth day of each month when the wages are earned during the last half of the preceding month. Wyoming Labor and Employment FAQs Tue, 29 May 2007 21:19:00 GMT If A Payday Falls On A Weekend Or Holiday, When Must Paychecks Be Distributed? http://resources.lawinfo.com/en/Legal-FAQs/Labor-Employment/Wyoming/if-a-payday-falls-on-a-weekend-or-holiday-whe.html There is no requirement for timely payment of wages if a payday falls on a weekend or holiday. For employers who fall under the requirement to make wage payments semimonthly, if the first or the fifteenth of the month occurs on a day which is not a working day, the last preceding working day shall be the payday for all personnel who are paid at one location. Wyoming Labor and Employment FAQs Tue, 29 May 2007 21:19:00 GMT If An Employer Wishes To Change Its Workweek Or An Employee's Rate Or Manner Of Pay, How Much Advance Notice Is Required? http://resources.lawinfo.com/en/Legal-FAQs/Labor-Employment/Wyoming/if-an-employer-wishes-to-change-its-workweek.html How must this notice be communicated? All employers are required to pay the agreed upon wage or benefit. No advance notice of a change in wage agreement is required, but such changes may not be retroactive. The form of communicating a change in rate or manner of pay is not mandated by law, however, an employer and employee may agree to a wage payment arrangement that is other than semimonthly. Wyoming Labor and Employment FAQs Mon, 04 Jun 2007 21:51:22 GMT If Substance Abuse Testing Or A Criminal Records Check Is Required By The Employer As A Condition Of Employment, Can The Applicant Be Required To Pay The Cost Of Taking That Test? http://resources.lawinfo.com/en/Legal-FAQs/Labor-Employment/Wyoming/if-substance-abuse-testing-or-a-criminal-reco.html Yes. Wyoming Labor and Employment FAQs Tue, 29 May 2007 21:19:00 GMT Is An Employer Required To Pay Overtime Premium Pay To Employees Who Are Employed On A Public Works Project? http://resources.lawinfo.com/en/Legal-FAQs/Labor-Employment/Wyoming/is-an-employer-required-to-pay-overtime-premi.html State law provides time and one&shy;half overtime pay for all laborers, workmen or mechanics employed upon any public works project of the state of Wyoming, or of any county, city, town or of any political subdivision thereof for work in excess of eight hours in a day, or 40 hours in one week; however, an employee may agree to work more than 8 hours in a day or more than 40 hours in any week, provided the employee shall be paid at the rate of one and one&shy;half times the regularly established hourly rate for all work in excess of forty hours in any one week. Wyoming Labor and Employment FAQs Tue, 29 May 2007 21:19:00 GMT Is An Employer Required To Pay Overtime Premium Pay To Employees Who Are: http://resources.lawinfo.com/en/Legal-FAQs/Labor-Employment/Wyoming/is-an-employer-required-to-pay-overtime-premi.html <ol> <li>salaried supervisors (e.g., assistant store managers?) There is no such requirement under state statute. <li>salaried professionals (e.g., pharmacists?) There is no such requirement under state statute. <li>salaried administrative employees (e.g., executive secretaries?) There is no such requirement under state statute. <li>paid to work in the retail store on a commission basis? There is no such requirement under state statute. <li>outside sales representatives? There is no such requirement under state statute. </ol> Wyoming Labor and Employment FAQs Tue, 29 May 2007 21:19:00 GMT Is An Employer Required To Provide Meal And Rest Breaks? http://resources.lawinfo.com/en/Legal-FAQs/Labor-Employment/Wyoming/is-an-employer-required-to-provide-meal-and-r.html Not under state statute. Wyoming Labor and Employment FAQs Tue, 29 May 2007 21:19:00 GMT Is It Different For Employees Paid Above Or Below A Certain Wage Level? http://resources.lawinfo.com/en/Legal-FAQs/Labor-Employment/Wyoming/is-it-different-for-employees-paid-above-or-b.html No. Wyoming Labor and Employment FAQs Tue, 29 May 2007 21:19:00 GMT Is It Different For Exempt Or Non-Exempt Workers? http://resources.lawinfo.com/en/Legal-FAQs/Labor-Employment/Wyoming/is-it-different-for-exempt-or-non-exempt-work.html The law provides that employers who fall under the requirement to make wage payments semimonthly may make payment at a later date to employees who are absent on the regular semimonthly pay date. Employers not engaged in operations described in response to question #2 are not required to make regular wage payments to employees. Agricultural operations are specifically exempt. Also, employers who fall under the requirement to make wage payments semimonthly are required to pay employees who are suspended as a result of a labor dispute, or when an employee is temporarily laid off, on the next regular payday. Wyoming Labor and Employment FAQs Tue, 29 May 2007 21:19:00 GMT Is It Different For Hourly Or Salary Paid Staff? http://resources.lawinfo.com/en/Legal-FAQs/Labor-Employment/Wyoming/is-it-different-for-hourly-or-salary-paid-sta.html No. Wyoming Labor and Employment FAQs Tue, 29 May 2007 21:19:00 GMT Is It Different For Part-Time Or Full-Time Employees? http://resources.lawinfo.com/en/Legal-FAQs/Labor-Employment/Wyoming/is-it-different-for-part-time-or-full-time-em.html Yes. Part&shy;time employees are exempt from the state minimum wage. A part&shy;time employee is defined as a person working 20 hours or less a week. Wyoming Labor and Employment FAQs Tue, 29 May 2007 21:19:00 GMT Is It Different For Weekend Or Holiday Work? http://resources.lawinfo.com/en/Legal-FAQs/Labor-Employment/Wyoming/is-it-different-for-weekend-or-holiday-work.html No there is no difference. Wyoming Labor and Employment FAQs Tue, 29 May 2007 21:19:00 GMT Is It Permissible For An Employer To Adopt Personnel Policies Which Provide That No Payment Will Be Made Upon Cessation Of Employment (Whether By Retirement, Resignation, Or Discharge) For Unused Sick Days, Personal Days, And Vacation Days? If So, Can Such A Policy Provide That No Such Payment Will Be Made If An Employee Resigns Without Giving At Least Ten (10) Days' Written Notice Or Before His Or Her Anniversary Date? http://resources.lawinfo.com/en/Legal-FAQs/Labor-Employment/Wyoming/is-it-permissible-for-an-employer-to-adopt-pe.html With regard to unused sick days and personal days, an employer may provide that these will not be paid upon cessation of employment. An employer may also provide that no such payment will be made if an employee resigns without giving at least ten (10) days' written notice or before his or her anniversary date. With regard to unused vacation days, an employer may not provide that this will not be paid upon cessation of employment if the employee has earned the vacation according to the time frame set forth in the employer's policy. This would allow an employer to provide that vacation pay will not be earned (or paid) before an employee's anniversary date Wyoming Labor and Employment FAQs Tue, 29 May 2007 21:19:00 GMT What Is The State's Minimum Payment With Respect To An Employee Garnishment? http://resources.lawinfo.com/en/Legal-FAQs/Labor-Employment/Wyoming/what-is-the-states-minimum-payment-with-respe.html There is no minimum payment set by state law. The maximum payment is defined under W.S. 40&shy;14&shy;505. 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