If after investigation the commission finds that in any occupation, trade, or industry, the wages paid to employees may be inadequate to supply the cost of proper living, or that the hours or conditions of labor may be prejudicial to the health, morals, or welfare of employees, the commission shall select a wage board to consider any of such matters and transmit to such wage board the information supporting its findings gathered in the investigation. Such investigation shall include at least one public hearing.
Cal. Lab. Code § 1178
Wages, Hours and Working Conditions
Applied in 1 court decision — leading case 14 Cal. 4th 557 - Tidewater Marine Western, Inc. v. Bradshaw (1996)
Most recently applied in 14 Cal. 4th 557 - Tidewater Marine Western, Inc. v. Bradshaw (December 1996)
Amended by Stats. 1980, Ch. 1083.
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