For the purpose of this article, the following definitions apply:
APPLICATION
An initial application or a renewal of a license or permit.
CITY CONTRACTOR
An employer who holds or seeks to hold a contract for goods,
services, or labor with the City of Quincy.
EMPLOY
Including as used in the term "employment": to suffer or
permit to work.
EMPLOYEE
A natural person who performs work for an employer operating
within the geographic boundaries of Quincy, but shall not include
any bona fide independent contractor as defined by MGL c. 149, § 148B.
EMPLOYER
Any natural person or business, whether or not incorporated
or unincorporated, who or which suffers or permits another to work
in the City of Quincy, under a contract to which the City of Quincy
or one of its departments is signatory, or who or which otherwise
maintains a commercial presence in the City of Quincy. This definition
excludes:
A.
The United States or a corporation wholly owned by the government
of the United States; and
B.
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts, its subdivisions, and corporate
bodies.
INDEPENDENT CONTRACTOR
As defined in MGL c. 149, § 148B ("Massachusetts
Independent Contractor Law"), and any applicable regulations or advisory
guidance implementing that statute.
OVERTIME
As defined in MGL c. 151, § 1A.
WAGE
As defined by MGL c. 149, § 148.
WAGE THEFT
Any action by an employer, his officers, agents, or employees
causing employer not to make a timely and/or complete payment of wages,
prevailing wage, or overtime earned and owing to an employee.