Spokane Hotel Co. v. Younger

Citations

• 113 Wash. 359
• 194 P. 595
• 1920 Wash. LEXIS 877

Syllabus

<p>Constitutional Law (134, 137) — Due Process — Regulating Minimum Wage — Notice. Rem. Code, § 6571-1 et seq., authorizing the Industrial Welfare Commission to fix the minimum wage for women, without giving notice to employers with opportunity to be heard, is within the police power and is not unconstitutional as depriving a person of life, liberty or property without due process of law.</p> <p>Same (32) — Legislative Power — Delegation to Local Authorities. The legislature may delegate to the Industrial Welfare Commission the power to determine the facts upon which the minimum wage law for women will become effective.</p> <p>Master and Servant (13-1) — Service—Statutory Regulation— Minimum Wage. Under Rem. Code, § 6571-1 et seq., giving authority to the Industrial Welfare Commission to specify the minimum wage and standard conditions of labor for women, the commission may make a weekly wage rate at six days.</p> <p>Same (13-1). An order of the Industrial Welfare Commission fixing the minimum wage for women is not objectionable because it fixes the amount to be deducted for rooms and board, where it was left optional with the employer to furnish room and board at the prices stated.</p>