CHAPTER 90

An Act to amend and reenact § 40-1.1 of the Code of Virginia, relating
to certain definitions.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia: :

La That § 40-1.1 of the Code of Virginia be amended and: reenacted as
ollows:

§ 40-1.1. As used in this title, unless the context clearly requires
otherwise, the following terms have the following meanings:

(1) “Department” means the Department of Labor and Industry.

(2) “Commissioner” or “Commissioner of Labor’ means the Com-
missioner of Labor and Industry.

(3) “Employer” means an individual, partnership, association, cor-
poration, legal representative, receiver, trustee, or trustee in bankruptcy
doing business in or operating within the State who employs another
to work for wages, salaries, or on commission.

(4) “Employee” means any person who, in consideration of wages,
salaries or commissions, may be permitted, required or directed by any

employer to engage in any employment directly or indirectly.

(5) “Business establishment” means any public institution owned
or operated by the State or by a local government, or otherwise owned
or operated, or any other proprietorship, firm or corporation where people
are employed, permitted or suffered to work, but shall not include agri-
cultural employment on a farm.

(6) “Female” or “woman” means a female eighteen years of age or
over.

(7) “Machinery” means machines, belts, pulleys, motors, engines,
gears, vats, pits, elevators, conveyors, shafts, tunnels, but not including
machinery being operated on farms in connection with the production
or harvesting of agricultural products.