Wage and Hour Administration

The Wage and Hour Administration is now providing interactive online webinars covering basic wage and hour laws for employers, contractors and employees.
Wage and Hour laws - Every third Tuesday of every month from 9:00 a.m. to noon
Child Labor Laws - Every second Wednesday of every month from 9:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m.
Public Construction and Prevailing Wage - Every third Wednesday of every month from 9:00 a.m. to noon.
Please contact our office at (907) 269-4900 for registration.

Office hours

• Anchorage - 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. - Closed from 12:00 to 1:00 for lunch.
• Fairbanks - 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. - Closed from 12:00 to 1:00 for lunch.
• Juneau - 8 a.m.-4:00 p.m. - Closed from 12:00 to 1:00 for lunch.

Please note: Effective Jan. 1, 2021, the Alaska minimum wage is increasing from $10.19 to $10.34 per hour.

• 2021 Minimum Wage Press Release
  
• Update your workplace Summary of Alaska Wage and Hour Act poster here
  

Programs

Programs administered by Wage and Hour include: Wage Claims; Minimum Wage and Overtime Enforcement; Child Labor Enforcement; Prevailing Wage Enforcement; Construction Contractor Licensing; Licensing Employment Agencies; and Alaska Family Leave Act.

Services

The Wage and Hour Administration provides sole enforcement of several laws dealing with the payment of wages to workers (wage claims, prevailing wage, minimum wage and overtime). The agency acts on behalf of workers to collect unpaid or underpaid monies from employers through a variety of administrative, quasi-judicial and judicial procedures. The Prevailing Wage program ensures that all contractors working on public construction projects pay the same costs for labor, thereby preventing an unfair competitive advantage based on the use of cheap imported labor. The Construction Contractor Licensing program protects the public from unlicensed, unbonded contractors, while protecting properly licensed contractors from unscrupulous and unfair competition. The agency also oversees the enforcement of child labor laws to insure that minor workers are not exploited; administers the licensing of private employment agencies and oversees their operation; enforces the Alaska Family Leave Act as it applies to public employees.

Email - statewide.wagehour@alaska.gov