§ 28-14-1 - Definitions. - Rhode Island Statutes

SECTION 28-14-1

   § 28-14-1  Definitions. – Whenever used in this chapter:

   (1) "Director" means the director of the department of laborand training or his or her duly authorized representative.

   (2) "Employee" means any person suffered or permitted to workby an employer, except that independent contractors or subcontractors shall notbe considered employees.

   (3) "Employer" means any individual, firm, partnership,association, joint stock company, trust, corporation, receiver, or other likeofficer appointed by a court of this state, and any agent or officer of any ofthe previously mentioned classes, employing any person in this state.

   (4) "Wages" means all amounts at which the labor or servicerendered is recompensed, whether the amount is fixed or ascertained on a time,task, piece, commission basis, or other method of calculating the amount.