| In this Article, unless the context otherwise requires:
1. "Claim" means a wage claim pursuant to A.R.S. 23-356.
2. "Claimant" means a person who files a wage claim.
3. "Department" means the Labor Department of the Industrial Commission of Arizona.
4. "Determination" means an action by the Department pursuant to A.R.S. 23-357 in which the Department finds that a wage claim is either valid or invalid or that the Department cannot resolve the dispute.
5. "Director" means the Director of the Department.
6. "Dismissal" means an action by the Department in which the Department makes no determination regarding the validity of the claim and refers the claimant to other statutory remedies.
7. "Notice" or "notification" when made by the Department or the Director means a written communication transmitted to the employer or claimant or both by ordinary mail.
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