Rhode Island General Laws 28-18-8. Removal of material processed in unauthorized homework
The director of labor and training, or his or her authorized representative, may remove any material or article that is being processed in a home in violation of any provision of this chapter and may retain it until claimed by the employer. If the material or article is labeled as required by § 28-18-15, the director of labor and training shall by registered or certified mail give notice of the removal to the person whose name and address is affixed to the article as provided by § 28-18-15. Unless the article or material removed is claimed within thirty (30) days thereafter, it may be destroyed or otherwise disposed of; provided, that where the material or article is not so labeled the director may also destroy or otherwise dispose of the material or article after thirty (30) days if no claim is made for it within that period.
History of Section.
G.L. 1938, ch. 293, § 3; P.L. 1948, ch. 2110, § 4; impl. am. P.L. 1956, ch. 3717, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 28-18-8.
Terms Used In Rhode Island General Laws 28-18-8
- Director: means the director of labor and training. See Rhode Island General Laws 28-18-2
- Employer: means any person who either directly or through an employee, agent, subcontractor, independent contractor, or any other person delivers, distributes, supplies, or furnishes, or causes to be delivered, distributed, supplied, or furnished, to another person any materials to be processed in a home, including the home of the employer, and that are subsequently to be returned to him or her or to some person acting on his or her behalf, not for the personal use of himself or herself or of a member of his or her family. See Rhode Island General Laws 28-18-2
- Home: means any dwelling house, tenement house, rooming house, apartment house, or other residential building or any part of these. See Rhode Island General Laws 28-18-2
- Person: means an individual, corporation, partnership, association, firm, trustee, receiver, and assignee for the benefit of creditors or corporations, except charitable organizations. See Rhode Island General Laws 28-18-2