§ 355. Periodic inspection. 1. The commissioner shall inspect every house in which industrial homework is permitted, and the materials issued to the industrial homeworker.

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Terms Used In N.Y. Labor Law 355

  • Home: means a room or an apartment in any house. See N.Y. Labor Law 350
  • 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. See N.Y. Labor Law 350
  • 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. See N.Y. Labor Law 350
  • 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. See N.Y. Labor Law 350

2. If the commissioner finds that any home in which homework is being done is not clean, he shall order the tenant at once to clean it.

3. If the commissioner finds that a house or any home in which homework is being done is in an unsanitary condition, or that there is an infectious or communicable disease therein, he shall at once notify the commissioner of health, or the chief health officer of the district in which such house or home is situated.