Salt Lake Telegram | 1934-04-21 | Page 1 | State Wage Law Facing Court Test

STATE WAGE j. j LAW FACING COURT TEST High Tribunal Issues Writ in inAction inI Action Under Minimum I M Pay Statute I i I APPEAL MADE BY LOGAN r is Based Upon Order CoverI Covering Cover Cover- I ing City Workers Constitutionality of Utah s minimUm minimum mini mini- mUm wage law was challenged Saturday Saturday Sat Sat- when the state supreme court issued a writ of certiorari dired directing ng the industrial commission to show cause why its order or of last June 17 requiring Logan to pay minimum wa wages es or of 50 cents per hour on treet oiling project should not be revoked The wage law passed by the last legislature gave the industrial commission corn com mission power to fix the minimum wage scale for tor public works in harman harmony har- har man mony with the prevailing scale Logan however started an oiling project and paid laborers 37 cents per hour On the c complaint o of Conrad A. A Barrett executive of the Logan Un Un- employed association the commission ordered Logan to pay 50 cents per hour Instead of employing workers for 48 hours at 37 cents per hour the city was ordered to pay fio 50 cents per ho r Jor a hour 30 week Logan appealed to the supreme cou court alleging the minimum wage wage law upon which the order order or der was ed violated the due process proc proc- ess of law section of the state con con- The app appeal al aLs ais alleged the oiling work was maIntenance and therefore therefore there there- fore exempt from r m minimum wage provisions It charged the order was Sued IF-sued June 17 although the law did not takee l t until June 26 and that the unemployed had previously agreed to work for 37 cents per hour our