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Show ination in pay the basis of on sex These where sex. supply the necessary costs of living and to maintain health and welfare." regulations. The state minimum has Utah wage regulations but of who works 44 hours that (1) they they differ from the federal in women and minors and not to apply only to men, (2) they apply to only four indus tries, (3) the minimum rates are lower than the federal, and (4) rates are set according to population zones. cover more III an hour in Zone 2, which includes cities over '" III upon to pay hour 3, which includes all other areas the state. dents state-wide and 17 .... industry and to employment as a result of enactment of minimum-wage legisla Minimum tion have proved groundless. wage legislation by enlarging purchasing power has contributed to the general ex pansion of the economy and has helped ersons need jobs desperately and are will m WIll uniform, the Of course any prospective employee can refuse to work for this minimum but some to accept it. a Fears of dire consequences to business and High school and college stu permitted to work for twenty cents an hour less than the minimum." are recommend of a living wage is not only detrimental to their health and well-being but casts a direct burden for their support upon What these workers the communitv. lose in wages' the taxpayers are called Zone 1, which includes Salt Lake, Weber, an apply to men. than these because the law The exploitation of a class of workers who are in an unequal position with respect to bargaining power and are thus relatively defenseless against the denial The state minimum wage is $1.15 an hour in other counties, and $1.00 ?OOOZone does not his historic 1937 opinion mum wage laws said authority It is $1.10 poverty. are Supreme Court Chief Justice Hughes, in upholding mini public hear wage regulations to than at present. Hair occupations Utah, and Davis counties. are The present minimum rates should be raised. dressers, for example, are not covered in Utah but they are covered in other states. . and and eliminated. ings attended by employers and employees. to extend the minimum legal Women who minimum wage rate covering men It should extend to more occupa women. tions than at present and zoning should be isters the state labor laws. The actual wage The Industrial Commission has only the woman especially if living in There are men working for even We The Utah Industrial Commission admin after $50.60 a hour she earns $44. minimum employment. set $1.00 an lower rates women's Orders have not been issued to cover other are earns A week at $1.15 an At a rate of week. a supporting themselves, they must support families, employment (but not men's) in restaurants, dry cleaning and laundries, public housekeeping, and retail trade. rate minimums hour receive and minors' kinds of In Our Utah law boards in other states." be shall rates that "adequate to stipulates Minimum wage orders too low. decency, workers need at least $55 to $60 a week, according to many minimum-wage State Minimum wage are order to maintain a standard of health and commerce require equal jobs in interstate and are per and responsibility, skill, effort conditions. formed under similar working the differences are It does not apply where based on any factor other than rates rmmmum It is hoped that employers January 1, 1966. 16Report of the Committee on Protective Labor Legislation President's Commission on the Status of Women, Octobe 1963, p. 5. lOWest Coast Hotel Co. es, Parrish, 300 U.S. 379. l;;Effective pay more than the minimum, especially to capable workers. 25 |
