Public policy
Sec. 2. There are persons employed in some occupations in the
state of Indiana at wages insufficient to provide adequate
maintenance for themselves and their families. Such employment
impairs the health, efficiency and well being of the persons so
employed and their families, constitutes unfair competition against
other employees and their employers, threatens the stability of
industry, and requires, in many cases, that income be supplemented
by the payment of public moneys for relief or the provision of other
public or private assistance. Employment of persons at such
insufficient rates of pay threatens the health and well being of the
people of the state of Indiana and injures the economy of the state.
Accordingly, it is hereby declared the policy of the state of
Indiana that such conditions be eliminated as rapidly as practicable
without substantially curtailing opportunities for employment. To
this end, the Minimum Wage Law of 1965 is enacted.
(Formerly: Acts 1965, c.134, s.2.)
Last modified: May 27, 2006