23-311. Definitions


In this article, unless the context otherwise requires:


1. "Commission" means the industrial commission of Arizona.


2. "Directory order" means a temporary order which becomes mandatory as provided in
this article.


3. "Employee" means every minor in receipt of or entitled to compensation for labor
performed for any employer.


4. "Employer" means every person, firm, corporation, agent, manager,
representative, contractor, subcontractor, principal or other person having control or
direction of any minor employed at any labor, or responsible directly or indirectly for
the wages of another.


5. "Fair wage" means a wage both fairly and reasonably commensurate with the value
of the service or class of service rendered, and sufficient to meet the minimum cost of
living necessary for health.


6. "Mandatory order" means an order the violation of which is subject to the
penalties prescribed in section 23-329, subsection B.


7. "Minor" means a person of either sex under the age of eighteen years. A minor
employed as a part time worker whose principal occupation is that of student actually
attending public or private school shall not be deemed engaged in an employment within
the scope of this article.


8. "Occupation" means any class of work in any industry, trade, business, or branch
thereof, in which minors are gainfully employed, but does not include domestic service in
the home of an employer or agricultural labor.


9. "Oppressive and unreasonable wage" means a wage which is both less than the fair
and reasonable value of the services rendered and less than sufficient to meet the
minimum cost of living necessary for health.


10. "Wage" or "wages" means any compensation for labor measured by time, piece, or
otherwise.


11. "Wage board" means a board created as provided in section 23-314.