Minimum-wage Legislation in the United States and Foreign CountriesU.S. Government Printing Office, 1915 - 335 pages |
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Page 10
... filed with it within three months . At the conclusion of the three months ' period the rate may be fixed by the trade board and then comes into operation to a limited extent . Six months later the Board of Trade must issue an order ...
... filed with it within three months . At the conclusion of the three months ' period the rate may be fixed by the trade board and then comes into operation to a limited extent . Six months later the Board of Trade must issue an order ...
Page 15
... filing clerk , cashier , checker , invoice clerk , comptometer operator , or any clerical work of any kind , for any female over 18 , a minimum weekly rate of $ 10 . February 20 , 1915 , as stenographer , bookkeeper , typist , billing ...
... filing clerk , cashier , checker , invoice clerk , comptometer operator , or any clerical work of any kind , for any female over 18 , a minimum weekly rate of $ 10 . February 20 , 1915 , as stenographer , bookkeeper , typist , billing ...
Page 36
... filed with the commissioner of labor . Action of the commission discretionary . 2. The commission may at its discretion establish an advisory board in any occupation . 3. The advisory board shall recommend to the commission an estimate ...
... filed with the commissioner of labor . Action of the commission discretionary . 2. The commission may at its discretion establish an advisory board in any occupation . 3. The advisory board shall recommend to the commission an estimate ...
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... filing clerks , cashiers ( moving- picture theaters , restaurants , amusement parks , ice - cream stands , etc. ) , checkers , invoicers , comptometer operators , auditors , and all kinds of clerical work . Said order shall become ...
... filing clerks , cashiers ( moving- picture theaters , restaurants , amusement parks , ice - cream stands , etc. ) , checkers , invoicers , comptometer operators , auditors , and all kinds of clerical work . Said order shall become ...
Page 73
... filed was one against an establishment employing about 25 young women . Two weeks after the law went into effect it was reported to the department that this concern was not paying the minimum wage . The commissioner obtained a pay ...
... filed was one against an establishment employing about 25 young women . Two weeks after the law went into effect it was reported to the department that this concern was not paying the minimum wage . The commissioner obtained a pay ...
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amended application appointed apprenticeship arbitration act Australia award or industrial Board of Trade board-Brisbane cents chairman chief inspector commissioner conciliation conditions of labor conference constituted cost of living court of industrial deemed determination effect election employment enacted established Factories act factories and shops female employees fixed governor in council industrial agreement industrial arbitration industrial court industrial dispute industrial union industry board investigation joint district board laundry learners and apprentices less living wage Massachusetts ment minimum wage minimum-wage law minister months nominated notice occupation Oregon parties payment penalty piece rate piecework ployees powers prescribed prices or rates proceedings Queensland rates of wages recommendation referred registered registrar regulations respect South Australia South Wales special board Tasmania thereof thinks fit tion trade boards act Victoria wage board wage rate wages paid week Western Australia women and minors women workers Zealand
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Page 188 - If any section, subsection, sentence, clause or phrase of this act is for any reason held to be unconstitutional, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this act. The legislature hereby declares that it would have passed this act, and each section, subsection, sentence, clause and phrase thereof, irrespective of the fact that any one or more other sections, subsections, sentences, clauses or phrases be declared unconstitutional.
Page 185 - Of the members of the commission first appointed one shall hold office for the term of one year, one for the term of two years, one for the term of three years...
Page 293 - Bill confirming any such Order is pending in either House of Parliament, a petition is presented against any Order comprised therein, the Bill, so far as it relates to that Order, may be referred to a select committee, or. if the two Houses of Parliament think fit so to order, to a joint committee of those Houses, and the petitioner shall be allowed to appear and oppose as in the case of Private Bills.
Page 203 - The State of Washington, therefore, exercising herein its police and sovereign power declares that inadequate wages and unsanitary conditions of labor exert such pernicious effect.
Page 186 - ... to compel obedience by attachment proceedings for contempt, as in the case of disobedience of the...
Page 191 - ... to supply the necessary cost of living and to maintain the worker in health.
Page 257 - The hours of employment, sex, age, qualification, or status of workers, and the mode, terms, and conditions of employment; (c) The employment of children or young persons, or of any person or persons or class of persons, in any industry, or the dismissal of or refusal to employ any particular person or persons or class of persons therein ; (d...
Page 187 - Any employer who discharges, or threatens to discharge, or in any other manner discriminates against any employee because such employee has...
Page 40 - The legislature may, by appropriate legislation, provide for the establishment of a minimum wage for women and minors and may provide for the comfort, health, safety, and general welfare of any and all employees.
Page 192 - ... notice to employers paying a wage less than the minimum wage approved, give a public hearing to such employers, and if, after such public hearing, the commission finally approves the determination, it shall enter a decree of its findings and note thereon the names of employers, so far as they may be known to the commission, who fail or refuse to accept such minimum wage and to agree to abide by it. The commission shall...