Employed
Defined in 5 dictionaries — Case Law, U.S. Code, Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Black's (1891)
Definitions from Case Law
From 39 U.S. 464 - The United States v. Isaac Morris · 1840Most cited · 96 citing opinions
To be 'employed' in any thing, means not only the act of doing it, but also to be engaged to do it; to be under contract or orders to do it. And this is not only the ordinary meaning of the word, but it has frequently been used in that sense in other acts of Congress.
United States Code
42 U.S.C. § 1320B — in this section
The term “employed” means—
(I) earning at least the applicable minimum wage requirement under section 206 of title 29 and working at least 40 hours per month; or
(II) being engaged in a work effort that meets substantial and reasonable threshold criteria for hours of work, wages, or other measures, as defined and approved by the Secretary.
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
The act of doing a thing, and the being under contract or orders to do it U. S. v. Morris, 14 Pet. (U. S.) 464, 47o, 10 L. Ed.;j4.",; IJ. S. v. The Catherine, 2 Paine 721, Fed. Cas. No. 11.7."..".. Where persons were employed "in and about the works." it was laid that although their work as miners was at the bottom of a mine, the term covered them as employes until they arrived safely at the top, even although they discharged themselves; 2 O. P. Div. 397.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
A Dictionary of Law
Henry Campbell Black · 1891
Thissignifies both the act of doing a thing and the being under contract or orders to doit. 14 Pet. 464, 475; 2 Paine, 721, 745.: