2016 New York Laws
LAB - Labor
Article 13 - (Labor) INDUSTRIAL HOMEWORK
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.