Houle v. Duvall

This is a declaratory judgment petition brought to challenge the validity of Mandatory Order No. 4-A issued by the labor commissioner pursuant to the Minimum Wage Law. Mandatory Order No. 4-A requires hairdressing schools to pay students fifty per cent of the charge made for students’ services when they work on paying customers. Plaintiffs are individual hairdressing schools and members of the New Hampshire branch of the Tri-State Cosmetology Association. The petition was brought after six students of one of the hairdressing schools filed a wage claim with the labor commissioner under…