New York State Department of Labor Minimum Wage Board Records on Microfilm
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Scope and Contents
Files consist of the minutes of the public hearings of the New York State Minimum Wage Boards
Dates
- 1935-1950
Language of Materials
Collection material in English
Conditions Governing Access
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Conditions Governing Use
This collection must be used in keeping with the Kheel Center Information Sheet and Procedures for Document Use.
Biographical / Historical
Boards were established under the New York State Minimum Wage Law (1933), in order to provide females and minors, employed in any occupation, "with wages sufficient to provide them with adequate maintenance to protect their health."
Under the direction of the industrial commissioner, the tri-partite Minimum Wage Boards hold public hearings to review data on the cost-of-living, wages, and working conditions for a particular industry. The Boards then submit reports and transcripts of hearings to the industrial commissioner, who then holds hearings on the Boards' recommended wage rates. The commissioner then issues mandatory minimum wage orders, allowing the industry ninety days to comply. By 1939, the industries covered were the laundry, cleaning and dyeing service industries and the hotel and restaurant industries. By 1962, eleven industries or occupations had been covered.
Extent
0.75 cubic feet
Abstract
Minutes of the public hearings of the New York State Minimum Wage Boards.
Quantity:
3 microfilm reels
Forms of Material:
Records (documents), microfilm.
General
- Contact Information:
- Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives 227 Ives Hall Tower Road Cornell University Ithaca, NY 14853 (607) 255-3183 kheelref@cornell.edu https://catherwood.library.cornell.edu/kheel/
- Compiled by:
- Kheel Staff, March 11, 2019
- EAD encoding:
- Kheel Staff, March 11, 2019
- Title
- New York State Department of Labor Minimum Wage Board Records on Microfilm
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Compiled by Kheel Staff
- Date
- March 11, 2019
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
Revision Statements
- 02/23/2024: This resource was modified by the ArchivesSpace Preprocessor developed by the Harvard Library (https://github.com/harvard-library/archivesspace-preprocessor)
Repository Details
Part of the Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives Repository