(a) Gloves and mittens industry. Any certificate issued to an
industrial homeworker by the New York State Department of Labor under
paragraph II of Home Work Order No. 4 Restricting Industrial Homework in
the Glove Industry, dated June 28, 1941, will be given effect by the
Administrator as a certificate permitting the employment of the
homeworker under the terms of Sec. 530.4 for the period during which
such certificate shall continue in force.
(b) Jewelry manufacturing industry. Nothing contained in the
regulations in this part shall be construed to prohibit the employment,
as homeworkers, of American Indians residing on the Navajo, Pueblo, and
Hopi Indian Reservations, who are engaged in producing genuine hand-
fashioned jewelry on the Indian reservations mentioned, provided the
employment of such homeworker is in conformity with the following
conditions:
(1) That each employer of one or more Indian homeworkers engaged in
making hand-fashioned jewelry on these Indian reservations shall submit
in duplicate to the regional office of the Wage and Hour Division for
the region in which the employer's place of business is located, on
April 1, August 1, and December 1 of each year, the name and address of
such employee engaged during the preceding 4-month period in making
hand-fashioned jewelry on Indian reservations;
(2) That each employer of one or more Indian homeworkers engaged in
making hand-fashioned jewelry on these Indian reservations shall file
copies of the piece rates in duplicate with the regional office of the
Wage and Hour Division for the region in which the employer's place of
business is located on April 1, August 1, and December 1 of each year,
and
(3) That each employer of one or more Indian homeworkers engaged in
making hand-fashioned jewelry on these Indian reservations shall keep,
maintain, and have available for inspection by the Administrator or the
Administrator's authorized representative at any time, records and
reports showing with respect to each of the homeworkers engaged in
making hand-fashioned jewelry on these Indian reservations, the
following information:
(i) Name of the homeworker.
(ii) Address of the homeworker.
(iii) Date of birth of the homeworker, if under 19 years of age.
(iv) Description of work performed.
(v) Amount of cash wage payments made to the homeworker for each pay
period.
(vi) Date of such payment.
(vii) Schedule of piece rates paid.
These records shall be kept by each employer for each of the employer's
homeworkers engaged in making hand-fashioned jewelry on Indian
reservations, as provided in this section, in lieu of the records
required under Secs. 516.2 and 516.31 of this chapter: Provided,
however, That nothing in this section shall relieve an employer from
maintaining all other records required by part 516 of this chapter.
[24 FR 729, Feb. 3, 1959, as amended at 43 FR 28470, June 30, 1978]
