Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1913-08-22

No. 385. Al Published August /, 1913.
CHAPTER 712, LAWS OF 1918.
AN ACT-To create sections 1729s-1
| to 1729s-12, inclusive, of the stat
/ Of living wage for women and
minors, and making an appropria
ton, and providing a penalty.
The people Of the State Of Wisconsin.
do enact as follows:
Section 1. There are added to the
statutes, twelve new sections to read:
Section 172ss-1. The following terms
la, inclusive, shall be construed as
| follows:
Cd The term employer shall be,
mean and include every person, firm
or corporation, agent, manager repre-
sentative, contractor sub-contractor or
| principal, or other person having con-
troll or direction Of any person en-
| ployed at any labor or responsible dt-
rectly or indirectly for the wages OF
| another.
| ca The term "employe" shall mean
and include every person who is in re-
ceipt Of or is entitled to any compen-
| sation for labor performed for any
employer.
Cd The term"wage" or wages"
| shall each mean any compensation for
labor measured by time, piece or other
wise.
ca The term welfare" shall mean
and include reasonable comfort, rea-
| sonable physical we'll being, decency,
and moral ell-being.
| CD The term living wage" shall
mean compensation for labor paid,
whether by time, piece-work or other
! wise, sufficient to enable the employee
| receiving it to maintain himself or
herself under conditions consistent
with his or her welfare.
Section 1729s-2. Every wage paid
or agreed to be paid by any employer
| to any female or minor employee, ex-
cept as otherwise provided in section
1729s-7, shall be not less than living
wage.
Section 1729s-3. Any employer pay
ing, offering to pay, or agreeing to
pay any female or minor employe a
wage lower or less in value than a
living-wage, shall be deemed guilty Of
a violation of sections 1729s-1 to
| 1729s-12, inclusive, Of the statutes
Section l729s-4. 1t shall be the
duty of the industrial commission and
it shall have the power, jurisdiction
and authority to investigate, ascertain,
determine and fix such reasonable
classiications and to issue general
special orders, determining the living
| wage, and to carry out the purposes
of sections 1729s-1 to 1729s-12, in
| elusive, of the statutes. Such investi-
cations, classifications and orders, and
! any action, proceeding, or suit to set
aside, vacate or amend any such order
enforcement thereof, shall be made
pursuant to the proceeding in sections
| 2394-41 to 1294-7o, inclusive, of the
statues, which are hereby made part
hereof, so far as not inconsistent with
the. provisions of sections 1729s-1,
! 1729s-2, 1729s-3, 1729s-4, 1885,
3, 172es-1o, 1729s-11, and 1855
.12 of the statutes; and every order
same force and effect as the orders
issued pursuant to said sections 1894
Al to 2394-70, inclusive, of the stat
IL Al
ply to and be imposed for any violation
s. 172ss-4, 1729s-5, 172ss-6, IDS
Z, 1729s-S, 1729s-9, 1729s-10, 1925
Ill, and 1729s-12 of the statutes
Section 1729s-5. After July i, 1913,
the industrial commission may, upon
it's own initiative, and after July 1,
1914, the industrial commission SHALL
a verified complaint of any person
setting forth that the wages paid to
any female or minor employe in any
occupation are not sufficient to enable
| such employee to maintain himself or
herself under conditions consistent
with his or her welfare, investigate
and determine whether there is rea-
sonable cause to believe that the wage
paid to any female or minor employe
is not a livingwage.
Section 1729s-6. If, upon investiga-
ton, the commission finds that there
is reasonable cause to believe that the
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employee are not a. living wage, it shall
appoint an advisory wage board, Sc
lected so as fairly to represent en-
ployers, employees and the public, to
assist in it's Investigations and deter
limitations. The living-wage so deter
mined upon shall be the living-wage
for all female or minor employees with
in the same class as esta blished by the
classification of the commission.
Section 1729s-7. The industrial
commission shall make rules and reg
ulations whereby any female or minor
! unable to earn the living-wage there
tofore determined upon, shall be then
granted a license to work for wage
which shall be commensurate with his
or her ability. Each license so granted
shall establish wage for the licensee
and no hcensee shall be employed at
wage less than the rate so established
Section 1729s-8. 1. All minors work
ing in any occupation for which living
wage has been established for minors,
and who shall have no trade, shall
if employed in an occupation which
is trade industry. be .indentured under
the provisions of sections 2377 to 1885,
inclusive, of the statutes.
2. trade" or trade industry"
within the meaning. Of this act shall
be trade or an industry involving
mechanical skill and training such as
render period of instruction reason
ably necessary. The Industrial COM
mission shall investigate, determine
dustries are included within the phrase
a trade or trade industry"
3. All minors working in an occu-
patton for which living-wage has
been established for minors but which
Is not a trade industry, who have no
trade, shall be subject to the same
provisions as minors between the ages
of fourteen and sixteen as provided in
section 1728c-1 Of the statutes.
4. The industrial commission may
make exceptions to the operation of
subsections ! and 2 of this section
where conditions make their applica-
ton unreasonable.
Section 1855. Every employer
employing three or more females or
minors shall register with the indus
trial commission, on blanks to be sup
piled by the commission. In filling
out the blank he shall state separately
the number of females and the number
of minors employed by him, their age,
! sex, wages, and the nature Of the
work at which they are employed, and
shall give such other information rel
ative to the work performed and the
wages received as the industrial COM
mission requires Each employer shall
also keep a record Of the names and
addresses Of all women and minors en-
ployed by him. the hours of employ