Show STRICTER UTAH LAWS ON WAGE PAYING URGED Minimum Stipend L Legislation tion for Women Also Is Is- Proposed ed Stringent legislation which would make it a criminal offense to withhold withhold with- with hold lold wages for labor was recommended recommend recommend- ed by the state industrial commission Wednesday in the second section of ol olits its biennial report to Governor George H. H Dern The report also urged that the 1933 legislature enact a minimum wage law for women which would compel employers to keep an a authentic time record of all hours to prevent pre vent violations of the eight hour law The recommendations were vi ere made by Wage Collector W. W H. H Smith and Labor Inspector Lottie LoUie Shupe There seems to be an ever increasIng increasing ing tendency for employers to deliberately de dc- dc withhold wages due workers work work- ers Mr Smith said To fo support his charges he hr cited the fact tact that 1636 workers worker sought the aid of the industrial commission during the biennium 32 1931 to receive past due wages from employers in Utah This This figure figure compared with 1416 wage claims filed tiled with the commission during during dur dur- ing lag the preceding biennium Of the claims presented to the commission commission com corn mission were collected or satisfactorily se settled while were dropped for various reasons according g to the report Some states have laws making ranking it ita ita ita a criminal oH offense nse to withhold payment payment pay pay- ment for labor and I 1 believe the adoption of such a measure measure- in Utah would go far toward curbing the unscrupulous and night fly employer employer em em- Mr Smith said in the report Inspector Shupe charged that some Utah employers are arc paying leis less than the minimum wage scale or as little as 2 a week for women workers She reported that cases of violations of ot the hour eight law were investigated investigated gated by the commission dur during ng th the biennium All AIL but three were forced to comply comply com corn ply with the statute she reported and three persistent violators were prosecuted prosecuted prose prose- and two were fined lined The inspector inspect r also reported she visited more than women women and girls employed in various parts of the state during the biennium |