PRINTER'S NO. 2091
No. 1687 Session of 1971
INTRODUCED BY MESSRS. MELTON AND BARBER, NOVEMBER 11, 1971
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON LABOR RELATIONS, NOVEMBER 29, 1971
AN ACT
1 Amending the act of May 27, 1937 (P.L.917), entitled "An act for
2 the protection of the health and welfare of women and minors
3 by regulating under the police power the minimum fair wages
4 which shall be paid by employers; providing for wage boards,
5 and defining the powers and duties of such boards, and of the
6 Department of Labor and Industry; imposing duties on
7 employers; providing for directory and mandatory orders on
8 employers, and the publication of the names of employers who
9 do not comply with such orders; exempting certain persons
10 from the provisions of this act; and providing penalties,"
11 reducing certain age requirements.
12 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
13 hereby enacts as follows:
14 Section 1. Clauses (4) and (5) of section 2, act of May 27,
15 1937 (P.L.917), entitled "An act for the protection of the
16 health and welfare of women and minors by regulating under the
17 police power the minimum fair wages which shall be paid by
18 employers; providing for wage boards, and defining the powers
19 and duties of such boards, and of the Department of Labor and
20 Industry; imposing duties on employers; providing for directory
21 and mandatory orders on employers, and the publication of the
22 names of employers who do not comply with such orders; exempting
23 certain persons from the provisions of this act; and providing
1 penalties," are amended to read:
2 Section 2. Definitions.--As used in this act--
3 * * *
4 (4) "Women" shall mean a female of [twenty-one] eighteen
5 years, or over.
6 (5) "Minor" shall mean a person of either sex under the age
7 of [twenty-one] eighteen years.
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