Montana Code Annotated 2023

TITLE 39. LABOR

CHAPTER 3. WAGES AND WAGE PROTECTION

Part 5. Wage Protection for Certain Employees of Mineral and Oil Industry

Hearing On Complaint -- Court Order To Pay Wages Due Or Appear And Show Cause Why Bond Should Not Be Required

39-3-509. Hearing on complaint -- court order to pay wages due or appear and show cause why bond should not be required. Upon the conclusion of the hearing upon the complaint described in 39-3-506, the judge of the district court may make findings and shall issue an order to the employer in default to pay within 5 days all wages and salaries found by the court to be due and unpaid or an order to appear before the court within 10 days and show cause why a judgment and order should not issue requiring the employer to give bond for the payment of all wages and salaries then due and that accrue to the employer's employees within that county. Service of the order must be made at least 5 days before the date set for hearing or the date to which the hearing may be continued by the court upon good cause shown.

History: En. Sec. 5, Ch. 39, L. 1939; R.C.M. 1947, 41-1316; amd. Sec. 1495, Ch. 56, L. 2009.