As used in these rules:
(a) "Act" means Wyoming Fair Employment Practices Act of 1965, as amended.
(b) "Department" means the Department of Workforce Services, State of Wyoming.
(c) "Labor Standards" means Labor Standards, a program within the Department of Workforce Services.
(d) "Complaint" means a verified, written statement on a Charge of Discrimination form provided by Labor Standards, which sets forth the name(s) and address(es) of the person(s), employer(s), employment agency(ies) or labor organization(s) alleged to have committed the discriminatory or unfair employment practice(s) and a detailed account of the discrimination or unfair employment practice complained of.
(e) "Verified" means a complaint in which the complainant signs and swears or affirms before a notary public that the facts and allegations stated in the complaint are true.
(f) "Complainant" means any person claiming to be aggrieved by a discriminatory or unfair employment practice and who has filed a complaint with Labor Standards.
(g) "Employee" means any person who, under the usual common law rules applicable in determining the employer-employee relationship, has the status of an employee.
(h) "Employer" means the State of Wyoming, or any political subdivision or board, commission, department, institution or school district thereof, and every other person employing two or more employees within the state; but employer shall not mean religious organizations or associations.
(i) "Respondent" means any employer, employment agency or labor organization against whom a complaint has been filed.
(j) "Court" means the District Court in and for the Judicial District of the State of Wyoming in which the asserted unfair employment practice occurred, or if said court be not in session at the time, then any judge of said court.
(k) "Conciliation Process" means the negotiation process used by Labor Standards in an attempt to arrive at a mutually agreed upon resolution of the complaint where a probable cause determination has been made.
(l) "Make Whole" means any form of relief determined by Labor Standards to place the complainant as nearly as possible in the position he or she would have enjoyed had the discriminatory or unfair employment practice not occurred.
053-3 Wyo. Code R. § 3-2
Amended, Eff. 11/21/2016.