Mary Lincoln Candies, Inc. v. Department of Labor

There is open to us on this record one question only: May a minimum wage order under article 19 of the New York State Labor Law, validly fix a so-called “ Guaranteed Wage ” (for women and minors), that is, may such an order require employers not only to pay a minimum hourly rate to such employees, but also to pay that minimum hourly rate for a minimum number of hours per week? Although the Appellate Division certified to us a question, among others, as to the reasonableness of the hourly rate here fixed and of the number of hours for which that hourly rate is required by the order to be paid,…