Industrial Homeworker

California’s Labor Code and the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) regulate certain types of work performed in the home. Though most of these laws target manufacturing, they can be construed broadly enough to include much of the work done using home technology. If industrial homework laws apply, permits are required. You have a number of legal responsibilities as an employer of an industrial homeworker.

Industrial homework is the manufacture of materials or articles in a home for an employer when these articles or materials are not for the personal use of the employer or a member of their family. Industrial homework includes activity to make, process, prepare, alter,