§ 27-4-501 — Definitions

(a) Whenever used in this act:
(i) "Employer" means any individual, partnership,
association, joint stock company, trust, corporation, labor
organization, the administrator or executor of the estate of a
deceased individual, or the receiver, trustee, or successor of
any of the same, employing any person;
(ii) "Employee" means any person who, under the usual
common law rules applicable in determining the employer-employee
relationship, has the status of an employee;
(iii) "Wages" means compensation, including fringe
benefits, for labor or services rendered by an employee, whether
the amount is determined on a time, task, piece, commission, or
other basis, but does not include the value of vacation leave
accrued at the date of termination if the written policies of
the employer provide that accrued vacation is forfeited upon
termination of employment and the written policies are
acknowledged in writing by the employee;
(iv) "Department" means the department of workforce
services;
(v) "This act" means W.S. 27-4-501 through 27-4-508.