44-639. State policy as to wages, hours and insanitary conditions. The state of Kansas exercising herewith its police and sovereign powers declares that inadequate wages, long continued hours and insanitary conditions of labor, exercise a pernicious effect on the health and welfare of learners and apprentices, and minors.

History: L. 1915, ch. 275, § 1; R.S. 1923, 44-639; L. 1976, ch. 370, § 49; July 1.