Wyoming Statutes

Wyo. Stat. § 27-4-201 (2026)

Definitions.

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(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                 (F)   Repealed By Laws 2001, Ch. 1, § 2.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                 (J)   Repealed By Laws 2001, Ch. 1, § 2.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.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2 cases, 1982–1989 · leading case: NL Indus., Inc. v. Dill, 769 P.2d 920 (Wyo. 1989).
NL Indus., Inc. v. Dill, 769 P.2d 920 (Wyo. 1989). · cites it 6× “27-4-201(a)(iv)(C) is read in conjunction with its own confined wage definition, it is necessary to conclude that any such restrictive definition is inapplicable to the broader function of legal fees presented by the present case.”
Kamp v. Kamp, 640 P.2d 48 (Wyo. 1982). · cites it 4× “) Section 27-4-201, W.S. 1977. "It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to employ, permit or suffer any child under the age of sixteen (16) years to work at any gainful occupation except farm and domestic service, * * * [unless the child has a work permit, which…”
— Wyo. Stat. § 27-4-201(a)(i) — 1 case
NL Indus., Inc. v. Dill, 769 P.2d 920 (Wyo. 1989). “27-4-201(a)(iv)(C) is read in conjunction with its own confined wage definition, it is necessary to conclude that any such restrictive definition is inapplicable to the broader function of legal fees presented by the present case.”
— Wyo. Stat. § 27-4-201(a)(iv)(C) — 1 case
NL Indus., Inc. v. Dill, 769 P.2d 920 (Wyo. 1989). “27-4-201(a)(iv)(C) is read in conjunction with its own confined wage definition, it is necessary to conclude that any such restrictive definition is inapplicable to the broader function of legal fees presented by the present case.”
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