America's Best Contractors, Inc. v. Singh

¶1 The Hearings Bureau of the Montana Department of Labor and Industry (DOLI) determined that America’s Best Contractors, Inc. (ABC) owed Jasvinder Singh unpaid commissions and a penalty totaling $60,574.66. ABC petitioned for judicial review in the First Judicial District Court, Lewis and Clark County. The District Court affirmed DOLI’s final agency decision. ABC now appeals to this Court. We affirm.

¶2 ABC articulates two issues for review, whichwe restate as follows:

1. Did the Hearing Officer lack authority to disregard certain payments by ABC to Singh on the ground that such payments were…