For purposes of this Article II, the following definitions apply:
"Commissioner" means the Commissioner of Business Affairs and Consumer Protection or the Commissioner's designee.
"CPI" means the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers most recently published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the United States Department of Labor.
"Department" means the Department of Business Affairs and Consumer Protection.
“Domestic Worker” means a person whose primary duties include housekeeping; house cleaning; home management; nanny services, including childcare and child monitoring; caregiving, personal care or home health services for elderly persons or persons with illnesses, injuries, or disabilities who require assistance in caring for themselves; laundering; cooking; companion services; chauffeuring; and other household services to members of households or their guests in or about a private home or residence, or any other location where the domestic work is performed.
"Family member" means an individual's child, ward, legal guardian, parent, spouse under the laws of any state, domestic partner, spouse or domestic partner's parent, sibling, grandparent, grandchild, or any other individual related by blood or whose close association with the individual is the equivalent of a family relationship. A child includes not only a biological relationship, but also a relationship resulting from an adoption, step-relationship, or foster care relationship, or a child to whom the individual stands in loco parentis. A parent includes a biological, foster, step-parent or adoptive parent or legal guardian of an individual, or a person who stood in loco parentis when the individual was a minor child.
"Gender-affirming care" shall have the meaning ascribed to that term in Section 6-20-020.
"Reproductive health care" shall have the meaning ascribed to that term in Section 6-20-020.
"Wage" means compensation due to worker by reason of employment.
(Added Coun. J. 12-15-21, p. 42668, § 2; Amend Coun. J. 4-27-22, p. 46382, § 13; Amend Coun. J. 1-18-23, p. 59661, § 4; Amend Coun. J. 11-9-23, p. 5853, § 5; Amend Coun. J. 3-20-24, p. 10146, § 5)
Editor's note – Former § 6-100-010, pertaining to procedures for payment of wages, renumbered as § 6-105-015.
(a) Any violation of this article which does not state a penalty shall be punishable by a fine of not less than $500.00 nor more than $1,000.00 for each offense. Each violation of this article shall constitute a separate offense.
(b) Any violation of this article may also result in an adjudicator ordering relief as may be deemed necessary. Relief may include, but is not limited to, an order: to cease the illegal conduct complained of; to pay actual damages for injury or loss suffered by the worker; to pay appropriate punitive damages when the violator acted with actual malice, willfully, or with such gross negligence as to indicate a wanton disregard of the worker's rights; to hire, reinstate, or upgrade the worker with or without back pay or provide such fringe benefits as the worker may have been denied; to take such action as may be necessary to make the worker whole, including, but not limited to, awards of interest on the worker's actual damages and back pay from the date of the violation. These remedies shall be cumulative, and in addition to any fines imposed.
(Added Coun. J. 6-25-21, p. 32156, § 5; Amend Coun. J. 12-15-21, p. 42668, § 3; Amend Coun. J. 4-27-22, p. 46382, § 13; Amend Coun. J. 11-7-22, p. 54948, Art. II, § 2)
Editor's note – Former § 6-100-020, pertaining to contracts for domestic workers, renumbered as § 6-120-020.
It shall be unlawful for any employer to discriminate in any manner or take any adverse action against any individual in retaliation for exercising any right under this article, including, but not limited to, disclosing, reporting, or testifying about any violation of this article or rules promulgated thereunder.
(Added Coun. J. 12-15-21, p. 42668, § 5; Amend Coun. J. 4-27-22, p. 46382, § 13)
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