De Witt v. Medley

WALTERS, Chief Judge.

This case involves interpretation of the forerunner to Idaho’s Wage and Hour Law, I.C. §§ 45-601 to -617, formerly called the Idaho Claims for Wages Statutes. 1 Two issues are presented on appeal: (1) whether the thirty-day wage penalty contemplated in I.C. § 45-606 2 applies to employees who are paid for piece work; and (2) whether a party who successfully obtains a judgment under the Wage and Hour Law may be entitled to prejudgment interest. In this case, a magistrate found that the appellants were entitled to neither form of relief. On appeal, the district court…