North Dakota Code > Chapter 34-01 – General Provisions


§ 34-01-01	Contract of employment defined
§ 34-01-02	Personal service contract – Time limit – Continuation of employment
§ 34-01-03	Voluntary service without employment – Duties of person rendering – Rights to compensation and expenses
§ 34-01-04	Intimidation, force, and threats against employees prohibited – Penalty
§ 34-01-05	Intimidation, force, and threats against employers prohibited – Penalty
§ 34-01-06	Hindering person from obtaining or enjoying employment – Penalty
§ 34-01-12	Employer to pay surviving spouse or heirs wages due
§ 34-01-13	Actions under Fair Labor Standards Act must be brought within certain time
§ 34-01-14	Right to work not to be abridged by membership or nonmembership in labor union
§ 34-01-14.1	Collection of actual representation expenses from nonunion employees
§ 34-01-15	Employer to pay for medical examination – Penalty for violation
§ 34-01-15.1	Paid family leave – Political subdivision prohibition
§ 34-01-16	Qualifications to hold office in labor union or labor organization
§ 34-01-17	Unlawful to discriminate because of age – Penalty
§ 34-01-20	Employer retaliation prohibited – Civil action for relief – Penalty

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Terms Used In North Dakota Code > Chapter 34-01 - General Provisions

Affidavit: A written statement of facts confirmed by the oath of the party making it, before a notary or officer having authority to administer oaths.
Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
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.
Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
Decedent: A deceased person.
Executor: A male person named in a will to carry out the decedent
Executor: includes administrator and "administrator" includes executor. See North Dakota Code 1-01-49
Individual: means a human being. See North Dakota Code 1-01-49
Litigation: A case, controversy, or lawsuit. Participants (plaintiffs and defendants) in lawsuits are called litigants.
Organization: includes a foreign or domestic association, business trust, corporation, enterprise, estate, joint venture, limited liability company, limited liability partnership, limited partnership, partnership, trust, or any legal or commercial entity. See North Dakota Code 1-01-49
Person: means an individual, organization, government, political subdivision, or government agency or instrumentality. See North Dakota Code 1-01-49
Process: means a writ or summons issued in the course of judicial proceedings. See North Dakota Code 1-01-49
Recourse: An arrangement in which a bank retains, in form or in substance, any credit risk directly or indirectly associated with an asset it has sold (in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles) that exceeds a pro rata share of the bank's claim on the asset. If a bank has no claim on an asset it has sold, then the retention of any credit risk is recourse. ^{Source: FDIC}
Rule: includes regulation. See North Dakota Code 1-01-49
State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See North Dakota Code 1-01-49
Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
year: means twelve consecutive months. See North Dakota Code 1-01-33