The following definitions shall apply to this article:
A. “Airport” means the City of Los Angeles Department of Airports and each airport which it operates in the City.
B. “Airport Business” means a business that provides any service at the Airport or provides any service to any business servicing the Airport, and is required to comply with the Los Angeles Living Wage Ordinance, Los Angeles Administrative Code Sections 10.37 et seq. An “Airport Business” does not include:
1. An airline: or
2. A Business that is a party to an agreement with the Airport that contains a worker retention requirement.
C. “Business” means an Airport Business, Commercial Property Business, an Event Center Business, or a Hotel Business.
D. “Change in Control” means any sale, assignment, transfer, contribution, or other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets used in the operation of a Business, or a discrete portion of a Business that continues to operate as the same type of Business of the Incumbent Business Employer, or any Person who controls the Incumbent Business Employer.
E. “City” means the City of Los Angeles.
F. “Commercial Property Business” means an owner, operator, manager, or lessee, including a contractor, subcontractor, or sublessee, of a non- residential property in the City that employs 25 or more janitorial, maintenance, or security service workers. Only the janitorial, maintenance, and security service workers who perform work for a Commercial Property Business are covered by this article.
G. “Employment Commencement Date” means the date on which a Worker retained by the Successor Business Employer pursuant to this article commences work for the Successor Business Employer in exchange for compensation under the terms and conditions established by the Successor Business Employer or as required by law.
H. “Event Center Business” means an owner, operator, or manager of a publicly or privately owned structure in the City of more than 50,000 square feet or with a seating capacity of 1,000 seats or more that is used for public performances, sporting events, business meetings, or similar events. An “Event Center Business” includes, but is not limited to, concert halls, stadiums, sports arenas, racetracks, coliseums, and convention centers.
I. “Hotel Business” means an owner, operator or manager of a residential building in the City designated or used for public lodging or other related service for the public and either contains 50 or more guestrooms or has earned gross receipts in 2019 exceeding $5 million. A “Hotel Business” includes the owner, operator, manager, or lessee of any restaurant physically located on hotel premises.
J. “Incumbent Business Employer” means the Person who owns, controls, or operates a Business prior to the Change in Control.
K. “Length of Service” means the total of all periods of time during which a Worker has been in active service to an employer, including periods of time when the Worker was on leave or vacation.
L. “Person” means an individual, corporation, partnership, limited partnership, limited liability company, business trust, estate, trust, association, joint venture, agency, instrumentality, or any other legal or commercial entity, whether domestic or foreign.
M. “Successor Business Employer” means the Person who owns, controls, or operates a Business after the Change in Control.
N. “Transfer Document” means the purchase agreement or other documents creating a binding arrangement to effect the Change in Control.
O. “Worker” means an individual employed by the Incumbent Business Employer: (1) who has a Length of Service with the Incumbent Business Employer for six months or more; (2) whose primary place of employment is a Business subject to a Change in Control; (3) who is employed or contracted to perform work functions directly by the Incumbent Business Employer, or by a Person who has contracted with the Incumbent Business Employer to provide services at the Business subject to the Change in Control; and (4) who worked for the Incumbent Business Employer on or after March 4, 2020, and prior to the execution of the Transfer Document. “Worker” does not include a managerial, supervisory, or confidential employee.