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Sec. 10.43.1. Definitions.
 
   The following definitions shall apply to this Article:
 
   A.   "Abusive Forms of Child Labor" means work performed by a person under the age of 18 when the person does not voluntarily seek the work or the person is threatened with physical, mental or emotional harm for nonperformance. It includes work performed by a person in violation of any applicable law of the country of manufacture or assembly governing the minimum age of employment, compulsory education, or occupational health and safety. It also includes the use of a person under the age of 18 for illicit activities, in particular for the production or trafficking of illicit drugs or for prostitution.
 
   B.   "Contract" means an agreement to procure equipment, goods, materials or supplies to the City. Contract includes, but is not limited to, the procurement of garments, uniforms, foot apparel, and related accessories.
 
   C.   "Contractor" means a person, partnership, corporation or other entity which has a contract with the City.
 
   D.   "Foreign convict or forced labor" shall have the meaning as in Section 1307 of Title 19 of the United States Code.
 
   E.   "DAA" means the Designated Administrative Agency which for this Article is the Department of General Services.
 
   F.   "Procurement" means City purchasing or renting of equipment, goods, materials or supplies.
 
   G.   "Slave labor" means any form of slavery or practices similar to slavery, such as the sale and trafficking of persons, debt bondage, serfdom, forced or compulsory labor, or forced or compulsory recruitment of persons below the age of 18 for use in armed conflict.
 
   H.   "Subcontractor" means a person, partnership, corporation or other entity which enters into a contract with a contractor for performance of some or all of the City contracted work.
 
   I.   "Sweatshop labor" means work performed by a person employed by a contractor or subcontractor which has habitually violated laws of any applicable jurisdiction governing wages, employee benefits, occupational health and safety, nondiscrimination, or freedom of association.
 
SECTION HISTORY
 
Added by Ord. No. 176,291, Eff. 1-1-05.