Rhode Island General Laws 28-18-14. Compliance with law – Employer’s license – Contractors and distributors
No person shall carry on industrial homework except in accordance with this chapter and in accordance with the provisions of any other state law or regulation. Every person desiring to employ homeworkers in this state must procure from the director of labor and training an employer‘s license. The license shall be issued in accordance with the provisions of § 28-18-3 upon application made on a form prescribed by the director of labor and training, and upon payment of the fee required by § 28-18-5. No employer shall give out any materials or articles for homework through any homework contractors or distributors except in the case of any charitable or community organizations that the director may approve.
History of Section.
P.L. 1936, ch. 2328, § 4; G.L. 1938, ch. 293, § 4; P.L. 1948, ch. 2110, § 5; G.L. 1956, § 28-18-14.
Terms Used In Rhode Island General Laws 28-18-14
- 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
- Industrial homework: means the processing in a home, including the home of the employer in whole or in part, of material furnished by an employer of any article or articles to be returned to the employer. 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