Section 792.11202. Definitions.

As used in these rules:

(a)    "Appeal" means request for review.

(b)    "Appellant" means a party who files an appeal.

(c)    "Department" means the Michigan department of licensing and regulatory affairs.

(d)     "Determination order" means the written determination of the merits of a complaint, including violation citations, penalty assessments, and exemplary damage assessments, if any, issued by the department to an employee or employer pursuant to a complaint.

(e)    "Director" means the director of the department.

(f)     "Party" means a person admitted to participate in the hearing conducted pursuant to these rules. The employee, employer, and the department shall be parties to a proceeding before an administrative law judge brought under the payment of wage & fringe benefit act, 1978 PA 390, MCL 408.471 to 408.490.

(g)    "Representative" means a person authorized by a party to represent that party in a proceeding.

(h)    "Wage and hour program" means the agency within the department that is delegated the responsibility of investigating claims, issuing determination orders, and representing the department in hearings held under the, 1978 PA 390, MCL 408.471 to 408.490.

History: 2015 AACS.