23-311. Definitions In this article, unless the context otherwise requires: 1. " Commission" means the industrial commission of Arizona. 2. " Directory order" means a temporary order which becomes mandatory as provided in this article. 3. " Employee" means every minor in receipt of or entitled to compensation for labor performed for any employer. 4. […]
23-312. Powers and duties of commission The commission or any authorized representative may: 1. Investigate and ascertain the wages of minors employed in any occupation. 2. Enter the place of business or employment of any employer of minors in any occupation for the purpose of examining and inspecting all books, registers, payrolls, and other records […]
23-313. Investigation of wage rates The commission, on the petition of twenty or more residents of the state engaged in any particular occupation, shall cause an investigation to be made of the wages being paid to minors in that occupation to ascertain whether any substantial number of minors in the occupation are receiving oppressive and […]
23-314. Wage board; membership; organization; quorum; compensation A. A wage board shall be composed of three representatives of the employees in any occupation, trade or industry and an equal number of representatives chosen from among the employers in the occupation, trade or industry, and one industrial commissioner who shall be chairman. B. The commission shall […]
23-315. Classification of employments by wage board A wage board may differentiate and classify employment in any occupation according to the nature of the service rendered and recommend appropriate minimum fair wage rates for different employments. A wage board shall give due consideration in the classification of employment to such items of compensation in employment […]
23-316. Establishment of minimum fair wage; procedure; criteria In establishing a minimum fair wage for any service or class of service under this article, the commission, or the wage board, without being bound by any technical rules of evidence or procedure, shall: 1. Take into account all relevant circumstances affecting the value of the service […]
23-317. Learner and apprentice wage rates A wage board may recommend a suitable scale of wage rates for learners and apprentices in any occupation. The scale of learners’ and apprentices’ wage rates may be less than the regular minimum fair wage rates recommended for experienced minors in the occupation, but the board shall fix a […]
23-318. Power of wage board to administer oaths, issue subpoenas and take depositions A. The chairman of a wage board may administer oaths and require by subpoena the attendance and testimony of witnesses, the production of all books, records, and other evidence relative to matters under investigation. The subpoenas shall be signed and issued by […]
23-319. Notice of hearing on wage matters Upon fixing the time and place for holding a hearing for considering wage matters referred to in this article, and at least fourteen days before the date of the hearing, the commission shall give public notice of the time, place and purpose thereof.
23-320. Duty of commission to provide information to wage board The commission shall present to a wage board promptly upon its organization all the evidence and information in its possession relating to wages of minors working in occupations over which the wage board has authority to investigate as provided by this article, and all other […]
23-321. Report of wage board; action by commission A. Within ten days after its organization a wage board shall submit a report which shall include its recommendations of minimum fair wage standards for minors in the occupations the wage board was appointed to investigate. If the report is not submitted within ten days, the commission […]
23-322. Directory orders A. If the report of a wage board is approved, the commission shall make and publish a directory order which shall define minimum fair rates in the occupation or occupations as recommended in the report of the wage board. The report shall include proposed administrative regulations the commission deems appropriate to complete […]
23-323. Posting of wage orders Every employer subject to a minimum fair wage order, whether directory or mandatory, shall keep a copy of the order posted in a conspicuous place where minors are employed. Employers shall be furnished copies of orders on request without charge.
23-324. Reconsideration of minimum wages in effect over a year At any time after a minimum fair wage order has been in effect for one year or more, the commission may on its own motion, and shall, on petition of twenty or more residents of the state engaged in any particular occupation, reconsider the minimum […]
23-325. Judicial review of commission decisions; scope of review; appeal procedure; action of reviewing court A. All questions of fact arising under this article, except as otherwise provided, shall be decided by the commission, but there shall be the right of appeal from the decision of the commission on any question of law or fact, […]
23-326. Special licenses to work for less than minimum wage In an occupation for which minimum fair wage rates have been established, the commission may issue to a minor, including a learner or apprentice, whose earning capacity is impaired by age, physical or mental deficiency, or injury, a special license authorizing employment at wages less […]
23-327. Action by employee for recovery of wages; amount of recovery If a minor is paid less than the minimum fair wage to which such minor is entitled under a mandatory minimum fair wage order, such minor may recover in a civil action an amount which is treble the full amount of the minimum wage, […]
23-328. Contract or agreement for employment of minor at oppressive wage void It is contrary to public policy for an employer to employ a minor in an occupation at an oppressive and unreasonable wage as defined by section 23-311, and any contract, agreement or understanding for, or in relation to such employment, is void.
23-329. Violations; classification A. An employer or his agent, or the officer or agent of a corporation, who knowingly discharges, or in any other manner discriminates against an employee, because the employee has served, or is about to serve, on a wage board, or has testified, or is about to testify before a wage board, […]
