---
kind: "section"
citation: "29 C.F.R. § 525.15"
title: "29"
number: "525.15"
heading: "Industrial homework."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/29/525.15"
---

# §525.15. Industrial homework.

- (a) Where the employer is an organization or institution carrying out a recognized program of rehabilitation for workers with disabilities and holds a special certificate issued pursuant to this part, certification under regulations governing the employment of industrial homeworkers ([29 CFR part 530](/cfr/29/part530.md)) is not required.
- (b) For all other types of employers, special rules apply to the employment of homeworkers in the following industries: Jewelry manufacturing, knitted outerwear, gloves and mittens, buttons and buckles, handkerchief manufacturing, embroideries, and women's apparel. (See [29 CFR part 530](/cfr/29/part530.md).)

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 52 Stat. 1060, as amended (29 U.S.C. 201-219); Pub. L. 99-486, 100 Stat. 1229 (29 U.S.C. 214).

### Source

Source: 54 FR 32928, Aug. 10, 1989, unless otherwise noted.