§ 22-2-2-2 — Public policy

There are persons employed in some
occupations in the state of Indiana at wages insufficient to provide
adequate maintenance for themselves and their families. Such
employment impairs the health, efficiency and well being of the
persons so employed and their families, constitutes unfair competition
against other employees and their employers, threatens the stability of
industry, and requires, in many cases, that income be supplemented by
the payment of public moneys for relief or the provision of other public
or private assistance. Employment of persons at such insufficient rates
of pay threatens the health and well being of the people of the state of
Indiana and injures the economy of the state.
Accordingly, it is hereby declared the policy of the state of Indiana
that such conditions be eliminated as rapidly as practicable without
substantially curtailing opportunities for employment. To this end, the
Minimum Wage Law of 1965 is enacted.
Formerly: Acts 1965, c.134, s.2.