Title 34, Title 34: LABOR AND WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION

34:6-119.5. Investigations and inquiries by Department of Health Nothing herein contained shall be deemed to preclude investigations and inquiries by the State Department of Health pursuant to section 26:2-34 of the Revised Statutes. L.1966, c. 112, s. 5.

34:6-119.6. Violation of act; penalty 6. Any company, the officers and agents thereof, and any other person who shall violate any of the provisions of this act or of any order made by the Commissioner of Labor pursuant to this act, shall be liable to a penalty of $50.00 for the f…

34:6-120. Short title of article This article may be cited by its short title as "the home work law" .

34:6-121. Tenement defined Within the meaning of this article a tenement is any house or building or portion thereof which is rented, leased, let or hired out to be occupied or is occupied as the home or residence of three families or more, living independently of each other and …

34:6-122. License required No dwelling, tenement, or room therein, or building situated immediately in the rear of a tenement or dwelling shall be used for the purpose of manufacturing, altering, repairing, finishing or distributing therein, for hire or reward, any goods whatsoev…

34:6-123. Application for license Application for such a license shall be made to the commissioner by any family or member thereof, or any person desiring to manufacture, alter, repair, finish or distribute any goods in any dwelling, tenement, or room therein, or building situate…

34:6-124. Investigation before granting license Before any such license is granted, an inspection of the dwelling, tenement, room, or building sought to be licensed, shall be made by the commissioner, factory inspector or investigator. If the commissioner or such inspectors or in…

34:6-125. Number of employees Each license shall state the maximum number of persons who may be employed in the dwelling, tenement, room, or building. The number shall be determined by the number of cubic feet of air space contained in each room mentioned in the license, allowing…

34:6-126. License to be posted; revocation The license must be posted in a conspicuous place in the room or rooms where the work is carried on. The license may be revoked by the commissioner if the health of the community or of the employees requires it, or if it appears that the…

34:6-127. Diseases to be reported Any person holding such license shall immediately report to the department any case of infectious or contagious disease occurring in the place covered by the license. If the commissioner, factory inspector, investigator, local board of health, or…

34:6-128. Contracts to manufacture in unlicensed place unlawful It shall be unlawful for any person to contract to manufacture, alter, repair, finish or distribute for such purposes any goods whatsoever in an unlicensed dwelling, tenement or room therein or building situated imme…

34:6-129. Separate living quarters; toilets The commissioner may, when he deems it necessary, require that any and all rooms to which this article applies, shall be separate from and have no door, window or other opening into any living or sleeping room. He may further require or…

34:6-130. Contract record Any person, by himself or by his agent, contracting for the manufacturing, altering, repairing, finishing or distributing in any place regulated by this article of any goods whatsoever, shall keep a register of the names and addresses plainly written in …

34:6-130.1. Records of and payment for homework in hand knitting industry All homeworkers engaged or employed in the hand knitting industry shall keep a daily record of work done, and all employers in said industry shall likewise keep and maintain a record of the daily work done …

34:6-130.2. Violations of section 34:6-130.1; penalties Any violation of the provisions hereof shall subject the offender to a penalty of not less than fifty dollars ($50.00) for the first offense, and a penalty of not less than two hundred dollars ($200.00) for a second and each…

34:6-131. Manufacture of infants' clothing, dolls and dolls' clothing prohibited in tenement houses The manufacturing, altering, repairing or finishing in whole or in part, or distributing for the purposes thereof, of any dolls, dolls' clothing, articles of children's or infants'…

34:6-132. Infants' and dolls' clothing and dolls; manufacture in dwelling No license to manufacture, alter, repair or finish in whole or in part, or distribute for the purposes thereof, any dolls, dolls' clothing, or articles of children's or infants' wearing apparel, shall be gr…

34:6-133. Tailors and seamstresses exempted Nothing in this article shall be held to prevent the employment of a tailor or seamstress by any person for the purpose of making, altering, repairing or finishing any articles of wearing apparel for the personal use of such person or f…

34:6-134. Penalty Any corporation, the officers and agents thereof, the members of any firm, the agents thereof, and any other person who shall violate any of the provisions of this article shall be liable to a penalty of twenty-five dollars for the first violation and fifty doll…

34:6-135. Disorderly house Any place where manufacturing, altering, repairing, finishing or distributing for the purposes thereof, of any goods, for hire or reward, is habitually carried on in violation of this article shall be deemed a disorderly house, and the officers or agent…

34:6-136. Recovery of penalties; disposition 34:6-136. Any penalty for a violation of this article shall be recovered in a civil action brought in the name of the commissioner in the Superior Court or municipal court of the municipality, where the offense is committed. A penalty …

34:6-136.1. Declaration of policy (a) The Legislature has long recognized, through laws regulating the employment of men, women and children, that working conditions detrimental to health and welfare result in injury not only to the workers immediately affected but to the public …

34:6-136.10. Home worker's certificate (a) Every person desiring to engage in industrial home work within this State must procure from the commissioner a home worker's certificate which shall be issued without cost and which shall be valid for a period of one year from the date o…

34:6-136.11. Records to be kept Each employer shall keep within this State in such form and manner as the commissioner may by rule, regulation or order prescribe and shall forward to the commissioner at such intervals and upon such blanks as the commissioner may by rule, regulati…

34:6-136.12. Conditions of manufacture Industrial home work shall be performed: (1) Only by a person possessing a valid home worker's certificate, and resident in the home in which the work is done; (2) Only by persons 16 years of age or over; (3) Only in accordance with the wage…

34:6-136.13. Labels required No employer shall deliver or cause to be delivered any materials or articles to be manufactured by any home worker unless there has been conspicuously affixed to each article a label or other mark of identification bearing the employer's name and addr…

34:6-136.14. Unlawfully manufactured or distributed articles or materials (a) Any article or material which is being manufactured in a home in violation of any provisions of this act may be removed by the commissioner and may be retained by him until claimed by the employer. The …

34:6-136.15. Agreements to contributions by employees void Any agreement by a home worker to pay any portion of a payment required of any other person by any provision of this act shall be void and of no effect. L.1941, c. 308, p. 840, s. 15.

34:6-136.16. Enforcement; administration, oaths, affidavits, subpoenas, witnesses 16. Enforcement, administration, oaths, affidavits, subpoenas, witnesses. (a) The commissioner shall enforce and administer the provisions of this act and the commissioner is directed to make all in…

34:6-136.17. Rules and regulations The commissioner shall have the power to make, issue, amend and rescind such rules, regulations and orders as are necessary or appropriate to carry out the provisions of this act. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, such rules, reg…

34:6-136.18. Injunctive relief against violations The commissioner shall have the power to institute a civil action in the Superior Court for injunctive relief, and such court shall have the power to restrain any employer from violating any of the provisions of this act. The cour…

34:6-136.19. Penalties 19. Penalties. Any employer or person who: (1) Directly or indirectly in any way, distributes, delivers or causes to be distributed or delivered, or sells or causes to be sold, articles or materials for industrial home work in violation of any provision of …

34:6-136.2. Definitions Whenever used in this act. (a) "Person" means any individual; firm; partnership, or the officers or agents thereof; domestic corporation or foreign corporation, or the officers or agents of such domestic or foreign corporation; company, association or soci…

34:6-136.20. Construction If any provision of this act or the application thereof to any person or circumstances is held invalid, the remainder of the act and the application of such provision to other persons or circumstances shall not be affected thereby. L.1941, c. 308, p. 842…

34:6-136.21. Exemptions Nothing in this act shall be held to prevent the employment of a tailor or seamstress by any person for the purpose of making, altering, repairing or finishing any articles of wearing apparel for the personal use of such person or members of his family. L.…

34:6-136.22. Disorderly house Any home or other place where industrial home work is habitually carried on or articles or materials are habitually being distributed for manufacture in violation of any of the provisions of this act shall be a disorderly house and any person owning,…

34:6-136.23. Time of taking effect This act shall take effect ninety days after its adoption; except sections seven (a), (b) and (c), section eight, and section sixteen (c) which shall take effect immediately, and except that the commissioner shall have power immediately to promu…

34:6-136.3. Prohibited homework Prohibited homework. The manufacture of any of the following by industrial homework shall be unlawful, and no permit or certificate issued under this act shall be deemed to authorize such manufacture: (1) Articles of food or drink, (2) Articles for…

34:6-136.4. Power to prohibit (a) The commissioner shall have the power upon his own initiative, and it shall be his duty upon receipt of a petition of fifty or more residents of this State, to make an investigation of any industry which employs home workers, in order to determin…

34:6-136.5. Hearings Before making such order the commissioner shall hold a public hearing or hearings at which an opportunity to be heard shall be afforded to any employer, or representatives of employers, and any home worker, or representative of home workers, and any other per…

34:6-136.6. Orders (a) The commissioner shall determine the effective date of such order, which date shall be not less than ninety days after the date of its promulgation. The order shall set forth the type or types of manufacturing which are prohibited after its effective date, …

34:6-136.7. Permit required (a) Every employer must procure from the commissioner an employer's permit. Application for such permit shall list the names and addresses of home workers and shall be made on a form prescribed by the commissioner. Such permit shall be in writing, date…

34:6-136.8. Fees A fee of $150.00 shall be paid to the Department of Labor and Industry for the original issuance of an employer's permit. For each annual renewal of such permit, the employer shall pay to the department a fee of: (1) $150.00, where at no time during the preceding…

34:6-136.9. Revocation of permit If the commissioner has reason to believe that a person having an employer's permit is not observing the provisions of this act or any rule, regulation or order issued thereunder, or the conditions of the employer's permit, the commissioner may, o…

34:6-144. Findings, declarations 1. The Legislature finds and declares that: a. There is growing concern over the increasing number of people working for employers in certain segments of the apparel industry under conditions which may violate State laws and regulations concerning…

34:6-145. Definitions 2. As used in this act: a. "Apparel industry" means the making, cutting, sewing, finishing, assembling, pressing or otherwise producing of apparel, designed or intended to be worn by any individual and sold or offered for sale for that purpose, but does not …