§ 349-a. Annual reports. The commissioner shall publish, on or before February first, two thousand five and quarterly thereafter, a report setting forth the names of all registered apparel industry manufacturers and contractors, and all of such manufacturers and contractors who were found to be in violation of this article within the past year. Such report shall be delivered to the governor, the speaker of the assembly, the temporary president of the senate, the chairs of the assembly labor committee and the senate labor committee, and in cities with a population of one million or more, to every community board where any such registered apparel industry manufacturer or contractor does business, and to every certified and authorized labor union representing employees working in the apparel industry. Such report shall include instructions on registration requirements and information on how to report unregistered apparel industry manufacturers or contractors to the special task force for the garment industry.

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Terms Used In N.Y. Labor Law 349-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
  • Contractor: shall include , but not be limited to, a subcontractor, jobber, or wholesaler, but shall not include a production employee who is employed for wages but does not employ others;

    (f) "Production employees" shall mean persons who are employed by a contractor or a manufacturer directly to perform the cutting, sewing, finishing, assembling, pressing or otherwise producing of 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;

    (g) "Special task force" shall mean the special task force on the apparel industry within the department; and

    (h) "Labor law" shall mean the labor law of New York state. See N.Y. Labor Law 340