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The Alaska Wage and Hour Administration makes sure that workers are paid appropriately for their labors and are protected against unfair practices by enforcing and administering Alaska labor laws.
Programs administered by the Wage and Hour Administration include:
- Several laws dealing with the payment of wages to workers—Wage Claims, Minimum Wage, and Overtime Enforcement.
- Child Labor Enforcement—to ensure that minor workers are not exploited.
- Prevailing Wage Enforcement— to ensure that all contractors working on public construction projects pay the same costs for labor which prevents an unfair competitive advantage based on the use of cheap labor.
- Employment Preference Enforcement.
- Licensing Employment Agencies.
- Construction Contractor Licensing— to protect the public from unlicensed contractors, while protecting properly licensed contractors from unfair competition.
- Alaska Family Leave Act—as it applies to public employees.
State Child Labor Laws: All minors 16 and under must have a work permit on file with the department. If the premises is licensed to sell alcohol, then all minors 16 through 18 must also have a work permit. Alaskan laws establish the hours youths can work and prohibit certain occupations in which they can be employed. Alaskan youth under the age of 14 may only work in the following occupations:
- Newspaper sales and delivery.
- Babysitting, handiwork, and domestic employment in or about private homes.
- Occupations in the entertainment industry.
The Alaska child labor requirements can be found in Title 23, Chapter 23.10, Section 23.10.325 of the Alaska Statutes
State Minimum Wage: Effective January 1, 2018, the Alaska minimum wage is $9.84 per hour. It will be increased annually thereafter. Tips or gratuities may not be credited toward the state minimum wage obligation. Public school bus drivers will receive a wage of not less than two times the minimum wage rate.
The Alaska minimum wage requirements can be found in Title 23, Chapter 23.10, Section 23.10.065 of the Alaska Statutes
Overtime: Premium pay is required after 8 hours daily and 40 hours weekly; not applicable to employers of fewer than 4 employees.
Requirements for overtime compensation can be found in Title 23, Chapter 23.10, Section 23.10.060 of the Alaska Statutes
State Prevailing Wage: $2,000 is set as the threshold amount for contract coverage under the state prevailing wage law.
Alaska prevailing wage rules can be found in Title 36, Chapter 36.05 of the Alaska Statutes
Contact information
- Alaska Department of Labor and Workforce Development
Labor Standards and Safety Division
Wage and Hour Administration
Muldoon Job Center
1251 Muldoon Rd., Suite 113
Anchorage, AK 99503
Phone: 907-269-4900
Fax: 907-269-4915
Website: www.labor.state.ak.us/lss/whhome.htm