N.Y. Labor Law § 351: Powers of the industrial commissioner and exceptions

§ 351. Powers of the industrial commissioner and exceptions. 1. The

industrial commissioner shall, after proper study and consideration,

determine within what industries conditions may permit of industrial

homework as hereinbefore defined without unduly jeopardizing the factory

workers in such industries as to both wages and working conditions and

without unduly injuring the health and welfare of the industrial

homeworker himself. The commissioner may then restrict the granting of

permits and licenses for industrial homework as herein defined to such

industries and may further issue rules and regulations designed to

control and regulate industrial homework in the said permitted

industries. In all other industries industrial homework is forbidden

unless expressly permitted in writing by the industrial commissioner.

2. a. Exception to this article shall be made by the industrial

commissioner in respect of clerical work done in a home. "Clerical work"

shall mean typing, stenciling, transcribing, copying, bookkeeping and

stenographic work. Clerical work shall not mean inserting, collating,

labeling, nesting, sorting, stamping or similar work.

b. Exception to this article may be made by the industrial

commissioner in respect of such other provisions consonant with the

general purpose of this article as the commissioner may on study

determine to be warranted by conditions.