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Alaska Stat. § 23.10.085 (2026)

Scope of administrative regulations; room and board deductions

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Sec. 23.10.085. Scope of administrative regulations; room and board deductions.
 (a) The director may adopt, amend, or rescind administrative regulations not inconsistent with the purposes and provisions of AS 23.10.050 — 23.10.150 that are necessary for the administration of AS 23.10.050 — 23.10.150.

 (b) The regulations may, without limiting the generality of (a) of this section, define terms used in AS 23.10.050 — 23.10.150, and restrict or prohibit industrial homework or other acts or practices that the director finds appropriate to carry out the purpose of AS 23.10.050 — 23.10.150, or to prevent the circumvention or evasion of AS 23.10.050 — 23.10.150.

 (c) The regulations may permit deductions by an employer from the minimum wage applicable under AS 23.10.050 — 23.10.150 to employees for the reasonable cost, as determined by the director on an occupation basis, of furnishing board or lodging if board or lodging is customarily furnished by the employer and used by the employee.




Notes of Decisions
Cited in 4 cases, 1979–2002 · leading case: Diaz v. Silver Bay Logging, Inc., 55 P.3d 732 (Alaska 2002).
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Diaz v. Silver Bay Logging, Inc., 55 P.3d 732 (Alaska 2002). · cites it 9× “160(a) and (d), [1] and the statutory section which authorized the regulation, AS 23.10.085. [2] Globen Diaz worked as a logger for Silver Bay Logging, Inc.”
Dresser Indus., Inc. v. Alaska Dep't of Labor, 633 P.2d 998 (Alaska 1981). · cites it 4× “145 directs the courts to apply federal regulatory definitions “where applicable,” and that such definitions are “applicable” only when the state director of the Wage and Hour Division and the Commissioner of Labor have refrained from defining terms in the state regulations,…”
Alaska Int'l Indus., Inc. v. Musarra, 602 P.2d 1240 (Alaska 1979). · cites it 2× “AS 23.10.085(a) provides general authority for the promulgation of regulations “not inconsistent with the purposes and provisions” of the Alaska Wage and Hour Act, AS 23.”
Grimes v. Kinney Shoe Corp., 902 F. Supp. 1070 (D. Alaska 1995). “2d 890 (Alaska 1980) (in the absence of a conflicting statute or regulation, common terms in the state and federal acts should be given a common definition); AS 23.”
Alaska Stat. § 23.10.085(a): 1 case
Alaska Int'l Indus., Inc. v. Musarra, 602 P.2d 1240 (Alaska 1979). “AS 23.10.085(a) provides general authority for the promulgation of regulations “not inconsistent with the purposes and provisions” of the Alaska Wage and Hour Act, AS 23.”
Alaska Stat. § 23.10.085(b): 2 cases
Dresser Indus., Inc. v. Alaska Dep't of Labor, 633 P.2d 998 (Alaska 1981). “145 directs the courts to apply federal regulatory definitions “where applicable,” and that such definitions are “applicable” only when the state director of the Wage and Hour Division and the Commissioner of Labor have refrained from defining terms in the state regulations,…”
Alaska Int'l Indus., Inc. v. Musarra, 602 P.2d 1240 (Alaska 1979). “AS 23.10.085(a) provides general authority for the promulgation of regulations “not inconsistent with the purposes and provisions” of the Alaska Wage and Hour Act, AS 23.”
Alaska Stat. § 23.10.085(c): 1 case
Diaz v. Silver Bay Logging, Inc., 55 P.3d 732 (Alaska 2002). “160(a) and (d), [1] and the statutory section which authorized the regulation, AS 23.10.085. [2] Globen Diaz worked as a logger for Silver Bay Logging, Inc.”
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