NY Lab L § 350 (2021)
2021 New York Laws LAB - Labor Article 13 - Industrial Homework 350 - Legislative Purpose and Definitions.

§ 350. Legislative purpose and definitions. 1. The employment of women   and  minors  in  industry  in  the  state  of  New York under conditions   resulting in wages unreasonably low and conditions  injurious  to  their   health  and  general  welfare  is  a  matter  of  grave and vital public   concern.  Any conditions of employment especially fostering such working   conditions are therefore destructive of  purposes  already  accepted  as   sound  public  policy  by  the  legislature  of  the state and should be   brought into conformity with that policy.   Uncontrolled continuance  of   homework  is  such  a  condition;  here  wages are notoriously lower and   working conditions endanger the health of the worker; the protection  of   factory  industries,  which must operate in competition therewith and of   the women and minors employed therein and of the public interest of  the   community  at  large  in  their  health  and  well-being, require strict   control  and  gradual  elimination  of  industrial  homework.   In   the   considered judgment of the legislature this article is constitutional.2.  Whenever  used in this article: a. "Manufacture," "manufacturing,"   "manufactured" or "making" includes preparation, alteration,  repair  or   finishing, in whole or in part, or handling in any way.b.  "Employer"  means  any  person  who  either directly or through an   employee, agent, independent contractor, or any other  person,  delivers   or  causes  to  be  delivered  to  another  person,  any materials to be   manufactured in a home, and which are thereafter to be returned to  him,   not  for the personal use of himself or of a member of his family, or to   be delivered, mailed, or shipped to others.c. "Home" means a room or an apartment in any house.d. "House" means any building in which one or more  persons  regularly   sleep,  and  shall include outbuildings upon premises which include such   building; but where only a person or persons or the family of  a  person   or  persons  engaged  in  the  service  of  the  building, sleep in such   building, the term "house" shall apply only  to  the  separate  room  or   rooms  or  to  the  apartment or apartments in which one or more of such   persons sleep.e. "Industrial homework" means the manufacturing in a home,  in  whole   or in part, with or of material which has been furnished by an employer,   of any article or articles to be returned to the said employer, or to be   delivered, mailed, or shipped to others.f.  "Industrial  homeworker"  means  any  person who manufactures in a   home, in whole or in part, with or  out  of  material  furnished  by  an   employer for industrial homework, any article or articles to be returned   to  such  employer directly or indirectly, or to be delivered, mailed or   shipped to others.g. "Person" includes a corporation, a copartnership or a  joint  stock   association.h.  "Homework  contractor or distributor" means any person who for the   account or benefit of an employer delivers to a homeworker or any  other   person  not  engaged  by  such  employer  articles  or  materials  to be   manufactured in a home and thereafter to be returned to said  person  or   otherwise disposed of in accordance with his direction.