Employment & Labor Rights Employment & Labor Rights Lochner v. New York (1905): Does a worker have a right to contract labor for as many hours as the worker wishes? Muller v. Oregon (1908): Does a female worker have a right to contract her labor for as many hours as she wishes? Adkins v. Children’s Hospital (1923): Does a female worker have a right to contract her labor for any price and for as many hours as she wishes? West Coast Hotel Co. v. Parrish (1937): Does a woman or any other person have a right to charge for labor a price that is below the minimum wage? Phillips v. Martin Marietta Corp. (1971): Does a woman with young children have a right to require an employer to treat her the same as a man with young children? Ontario v. Quon (2010): Does an employee have a right to prevent an employer from seeing private communication on a device issued by the employer? Return to all the Supreme Court cases.