N.Y. LAB Law § 296
This is the official text of N.Y. LAB Law § 296, 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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Laundries
Official statutory text
§ 296. Laundries. A shop, room or building where one or more persons\nare employed in doing public laundry work by way of trade or for\npurposes of gain is a factory within the meaning of this chapter and\nsubject to the provisions relating to factories. No such public laundry\nwork shall be done in a room used for sleeping or living purposes. All\nsuch laundries shall be kept in a clean condition and free from vermin\nand from all impurities of an infectious or contagious nature. This\nsection shall not apply to a female doing custom laundry work at her\nhome for regular family trade.\n
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