No child under sixteen (16) years of age shall be gainfully employed or otherwise in industrial homework. No industrial homework shall be processed except by a person to whom a certificate has been issued, and no person shall redistribute homework on a subcontractual basis. The employer shall allow the industrial homeworker sufficient time to process the entire amount of homework distributed to him or her in order that the homework may be completed without assistance from other persons and in accordance with the laws of this state limiting the hours of work.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 28-18-11