Adhering to Regulatory Requirements

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• Adhering to Regulatory Requirements

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Adhering to Regulatory Requirements

• American business depends on a
• creative but delicate balance.

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Adhering to Regulatory Requirements

• Brief history of homework regulations
• Reflects organization and militancy of unionized
  workers
• U.S. Department of Labor, Wage and Hour Division,
  enforces Federal laws that affect home businesses
• 1940 banned home manufacture of womens apparel
  to protect against minimum wage violations, abuse
  of Child labor laws, and horrible, unsafe
  environment of sweatshops

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Adhering to Regulatory Requirements

• Brief history of homework regulations
• The Fair Labor Standards Act monitors employees
  who work in their homes.
• 1904-05 Eliminates all trade with sweatshops
  and home workers
• 1910 Ends homework in ready-made mens clothing
  industry
• 1938 Prohibitions of homework reinforced
• 1940 Banned home manufacture of womens apparel
• 1984 An employer may hire home workers if each
  worker acquires a certificate from the US DOL
• 1990 DOL lifted restrictions in 5 of the 6
  remaining garment industries

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Adhering to Regulatory Requirements

• Public Policy Enforcement
• Health departments
• Municipal traffic and parking departments
• Area commissions
• Neighborhood associations