Requires the director to investigate if there is reason to believe a substantial number of employees are being paid an oppressive and unreasonable wage. Authorizes the director to determine what oppressive and unreasonable wages are for an occupation. Provides the director with the authority to determine what occupations may be exempted from the minimum fair wage rate such as professional services, agricultural and farm work, and occupations where the employee receives compensation other than wages such as room and board, commissions, experience, training, and the like.
Capital letters indicate new material to be added to existing statute.
Dashes through the words indicate material to be deleted from existing statute. Page 2 index for all urban consumers as published by the United States bureau of labor statistics. Allows the director to establish a minimum wage rate higher than an increase based on the consumer price index. Permits the director, or wage board at the request of the director, to establish a lower minimum fair wage rate for minors and occupations declared by the director to be exempt. Allows the wage board, at the request of the director, to determine if a wage paid to an employee by an employer is oppressive and unreasonable.