Conti v. Department of Labor & Industry

Opinion by

Me. Justice Eagen,

This is an appeal from a decision of tbe Court of Common Pleas of Dauphin County which ruled partially invalid, a Minimum Wage Order executed by the Secretary of Labor and Industry of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, promulgated under the authority of the Act of May 27, 1937, P. L. 917, 43 PS §331a et seq.

The order of the board of October 20, 1960, which was modified by the court on March 13, 1961, provided for increases in the minimum wage rates for mercantile occupations in Zone 3 (communities of less than 10,000 population). These increases were $.90 per hour…