Colorado § 8-6-109 Methods of establishing minimum wages - wage board

Colorado Statutes

§ 8-6-109 — Methods of establishing minimum wages - wage board

Colorado·Title 08 Labor and·Art. Minimum Wages of Workers

(1)If after investigation the director is of the opinion that the conditions of employment surrounding said employees are detrimental to the health or morals or that a substantial number of workers in any occupation are receiving wages, whether by time rate or piece rate, inadequate to supply the necessary costs of living and to maintain the workers in health, the director shall proceed to establish minimum wage rates either directly or by the indirect method described in subsection (2) of this section. If he selects the direct method, the director shall establish the minimum wage rates.

(2)If he adopts the indirect method, the director shall establish a wage board consisting of not more than three representatives of employers in the occupation in question, and of an equal num

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(1) If after
investigation the director is of the opinion that the conditions of employment
surrounding said employees are detrimental to the health or morals or that a
substantial number of workers in any occupation are receiving wages, whether by
time rate or piece rate, inadequate to supply the necessary costs of living and to
maintain the workers in health, the director shall proceed to establish minimum
wage rates either directly or by the indirect method described in subsection (2) of
this section. If he selects the direct method, the director shall establish the
minimum wage rates.

(2) If he adopts the indirect method, the director shall establish a wage
board consisting of not more than three representatives of employers in the
occupation in question, and of an equal number of persons to represent the
employees in said occupation, and of an equal number of disinterested persons to
represent the public, and someone representing the director if it is desired. The
director shall name and appoint all members of the wage board and designate the
chairman thereof. The selection of members representing employers and
employees shall be, so far as practicable, through election by employers and
employees respectively, subject to approval and selection by the director. The
members of the wage board shall be compensated at the same rate and fees for
service as jurors in courts of record, and they shall be allowed their necessary
traveling and clerical expenses incurred in the actual performance of their duties,
to be paid from the appropriations for the expenses of the division.

(3) The proceedings and deliberations of such wage board shall be made a
matter of record for the use of the director and shall be admissible as evidence in
any proceedings before the director. Each wage board has the same power as the
director to subpoena witnesses, administer oaths, and compel the production of
books, papers, and other evidence. Witnesses subpoenaed by a wage board shall be
allowed the same compensation as when subpoenaed by the director.

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Legislative History

Source: L. 17: p. 384, � 9. C.L. � 4270. CSA: C. 97, � 244. CRS 53: � 80-9-8. C.R.S. 1963: � 80-7-8. L. 69: p. 606, � 91. L. 77: (1) an (2) amended, p. 430, � 8, effective July 1.