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N.Y. Defense Emergency Act 1951 784/51 § 73: Legislative standards and limits of dispensing power

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  1. Defense Emergency Act 1951 784/51
  2. Article 5. Power of Dispensation From Certain Limitations of Law

§ 73. Legislative standards and limits of dispensing power. The

granting of dispensations pursuant to this article shall be subject to

the following standards and limits:

(a) No dispensation shall be granted to any employer with respect to

the employment of minors under the age of sixteen;

(b) No dispensation shall be granted for a period in excess of six

months, provided, however, that upon reconsideration of all of the facts

and circumstances of a particular case, a continuance of a dispensation

may be granted.

(c) No dispensation shall be granted which does not safeguard the

health and welfare of the worker and which is not demanded by the

necessities of adjusting state policy to requirements of the defense

effort.

(d) No dispensation shall be granted to any employer who can by

utilization of available labor supply or by organizational or other

reasonable adjustments maintain maximum efficiency and production

without such dispensation.

(e) No dispensation shall be granted except where necessary to prevent

the normal restrictions of law from interfering with the paramount duty

of maximum possible production in defense work.

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