N.Y. LAB Law § 205
This is the official text of N.Y. LAB Law § 205, part of New York’s LAB Law — part of the compiled statutory law of New York, published by the state as "LAB Law." Browse the sections below, each linked to its official government source.
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Prohibition against eating meals in certain workrooms
Official statutory text
§ 205. Prohibition against eating meals in certain workrooms. No\nemployee shall take or be permitted to take any food into a room of any\nworking place where lead, arsenic or other poisonous substances or\ninjurious or noxious fumes, dust or gases exist in harmful conditions or\nare present in harmful quantities as an incident or result of the\nbusiness carried on in such working place. Notice to the foregoing\neffect shall be posted in such room. No employee, unless his presence is\nnecessary for the proper conduct of the business, shall remain in any\nsuch room during the time allowed for meals. The employer shall provide\na suitable place in such establishment in which the employees may eat.\n
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