North Dakota Century Code Title 34. Labor and Employment § 34-06-01. Definitions

1. “Commissioner” means the labor commissioner.

2. “Employee” includes any individual employed by an employer. However, an individual is not an “employee” while engaged in a ridesharing arrangement, as defined in section 8-02-07. The term does not include a person engaged in firefighting or sworn law enforcement officers for a political subdivision of the state.

3. “Employer” includes any individual, partnership, association, corporation, limited liability company, the state and political subdivisions of the state, or any person or group of persons acting in the interest of an employer in relation to an employee.

4. “Minor” means a person of either sex under the age of eighteen years.

5. “Occupation” means a business or industry, or a trade or branch thereof, but it does not include outside salesmen who are compensated on a commission basis.

6. “Wages” includes all payments made to or on behalf of an employee as remuneration for employment, whether calculated on a time, piece, job, or incentive basis.