§ 13-1. Definitions.

(a) In general.

In this subtitle, the following terms have the meanings indicated.

(b) Contract.

"Contract" includes, but is not limited to, a lease, management agreement, service agreement, loan, bond, guarantee, or other similar agreement to which the City is a party.

(c) Employer.

(1) "Employer" means any person who employs individuals at the site of a hotel development project.

(2) "Employer" does not include any person:

(i) who employs fewer than the equivalent of 15 full-time or part-time employees at a hotel development project;

(ii) who has entered into 1 or more agreements with 1 or more labor organizations regarding the employees at the hotel development project who are, or are likely to be, the subject of union organizing, if the City determines that the agreement provides protection from the risks of labor-management conflict that is at least equal to the protection provided by the minimum terms of a labor peace agreement; or

(iii) whose ongoing economic performance and potential for labor-management conflict at the site will not, in the City's determination, substantially affect the City's proprietary interest in the hotel development project.

(d) Labor organization.

"Labor organization" means an organization, agency, or employee- representation committee or plan:

(1) in which employees participate; and

(2) that exists for the purpose, in whole or in part, of dealing with employers concerning grievances, labor disputes, wages, rates of pay, hours of employment, or conditions of work.

(e) {Repealed}