As used in sections 290.400 to 290.450 the following words have the meanings indicated unless the context clearly requires otherwise:

(1) “Commission”, the labor and industrial relations commission of Missouri;

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Terms Used In Missouri Laws 290.400

  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • following: when used by way of reference to any section of the statutes, mean the section next preceding or next following that in which the reference is made, unless some other section is expressly designated in the reference. See Missouri Laws 1.020
  • person: may extend and be applied to bodies politic and corporate, and to partnerships and other unincorporated associations. See Missouri Laws 1.020

(2) “Employee”, every woman or man in receipt of or entitled to compensation for labor performed for any employer;

(3) “Employer”, every person, firm, corporation, agent, manager, representative, contractor, subcontractor, principal or other person having control or direction of any woman or man employed at any labor, or responsible directly or indirectly for the wages of another;

(4) “Female”, a woman of eighteen years or over;

(5) “Wage rates” or “wages”, any compensation for labor measured by time, piece, or otherwise.