N.Y. Labor Law 341-A – Unlawfully manufactured apparel
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§ 341-a. Unlawfully manufactured apparel. The commissioner shall have the power to affix to any article of apparel or component thereof, in the manufacture or assembly of which any employee was employed in violation of article six or nineteen of this chapter, a tag of no more than six inches in length bearing the words "unlawfully manufactured." Any person other than the commissioner, the commissioner's duly authorized representative or consumer of such article of apparel or component thereof who removes, alters, defaces or otherwise interferes with such a tag shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
Terms Used In N.Y. Labor Law 341-A
- Commissioner: shall mean the commissioner of labor;
(b) "Department" shall mean the department of labor;
(c) "Apparel industry" shall mean the making, cutting, sewing, finishing, assembling, pressing or otherwise producing, by any of the foregoing apparel industry services, any men's, women's, children's or infants' apparel, or a section or component of apparel, designed or intended to be worn by any individual which is to be sold or offered for sale, provided, however, that the apparel industry shall not include cleaning or tailoring after the apparel has been sold at retail;
(d) "Manufacturer" shall mean any person who (i) in fulfillment or anticipation of a wholesale purchase contract, contracts with a contractor to perform in New York state the cutting, sewing, finishing, assembling, pressing or otherwise producing any men's, women's, children's or infants' apparel, or a section or component of apparel, designed or intended to be worn by any individual which, pursuant to such contract, is to be sold or offered for sale to a retailer or other entity, or (ii) cuts, sews, finishes, assembles, presses or otherwise produces in New York state any men's, women's, children's or infants' apparel, or a section or component, designed or intended to be worn by any individual which is to be sold or offered for sale; provided, however, that "manufacturer" shall not mean a production employee employed for wages who does not employ others;
(e) "Contractor" shall mean any person who, in fulfillment of a contract with a manufacturer, performs in New York state the cutting, sewing, finishing, assembling, pressing or otherwise producing any men's, women's, children's or infants' apparel, or a section or component of apparel, designed or intended to be worn by any individual which is to be sold or offered for sale. See N.Y. Labor Law 340