Larsen v. Rice

Citations

• 100 Wash. 642
• 171 P. 1037
• 1918 Wash. LEXIS 802

Syllabus

<p>Master- and Servant — Regulation oe Employment — Mínimum Wage. Rem. Code, § 6571-1 et seq., regulating the employment of women and fixing a minimum wage for certain classes of work is constitutional.</p> <p>' Same — Regulation — Recovery oe Minimum Wage—“Clerical” Work. The employment of a woman as a ticket seller in a moving picture house is “clerical” work, within the general clause of the order of the industrial welfare commission fixing a minimum wage pursuant to Rem. Code, § 6571-1 et seq.</p> <p>Compromise and Settlement—Legality—Minimum Wage—Master and Servant—Regulation oe Employment. A compromise and settlement is no defense to an action by .a woman, to recover the legal minimum wage for her services under Rem. Code, § 6571-18; in view of the statute declaring contracts of employment for less than the minimum wage void, and making it a penal offense to pay less, and giving the employee a right of action to recover the difference; especially where the settlement was executory and had been repudiated, and the parties could be put in statu quo (Parker, J., dissents).</p>