Wages, hours and conditions for learners, apprentices and minors

44-643. Wages, hours and conditions for learners, apprentices and minors. The secretary of labor may establish such standard of wages, hours, and conditions of labor for learners and apprentices, and minors employed within this state as shall be held hereunder to be reasonable and not detrimental to health and welfare. The secretary of labor may establish different minimum hours and standards for each class in an occupation of different localities in the state, when, in the judgment of the secretary of labor the different conditions justify such action. History: L. 1915, ch. 275, § 3; L. 1921, ch. 263, § 3; R.S. 1923, 44-643; L. 1976, ch. 370, § 51; L. 2004, ch. 179, § 47; July 1. CASE ANNOTATIONS 1. No liability under act until labor commissioner prescribes standard of conditions of labor. Thoman v. Farmers & Bankers Life Ins. Co., 155 Kan. 806, 809, 810, 811, 130 P.2d 551.