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Adhering to Regulatory Requirements. Adhering to Regulatory Requirements. American business depends on a creative but delicate balance. Adhering to Regulatory Requirements. Brief history of homework regulations Reflects organization and militancy of unionized workers
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Adhering to Regulatory Requirements American business depends on a creative but delicate balance.
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 women’s apparel to protect against minimum wage violations, abuse of Child labor laws, and horrible, unsafe environment of sweatshops
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 men’s clothing industry • 1938 – Prohibitions of homework reinforced • 1940 – Banned home manufacture of women’s 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
Adhering to Regulatory Requirements Public Policy Enforcement • Health departments • Municipal traffic and parking departments • Area commissions • Neighborhood associations