§ 5-4-1. DEFINITIONS.

In this chapter:

(1)

ADMINISTRATOR means the Equal Employment/Fair Housing Office administrator appointed by the director.

(2)

CONTRACTOR includes any person who submits a bid or proposal to provide labor, goods or services to the City by contract for profit; any person who supplies or provides labor, goods or services to the City by contract for profit; any person who is a subcontractor under any such contract.

(3)

DISCRIMINATORY EMPLOYMENT PRACTICE means discrimination against an individual because of race, creed, color, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, sex or age, unless sex or age is a bona fide occupational qualification of employment during an employment action, including recruiting, advertising, hiring, layoff, termination, classification, training or selection for training, promotion, demotion, transfer, or compensation.

(4)

EQUAL EMPLOYMENT/FAIR HOUSING OFFICE means the staff in the Human Resources Department that handles and investigates cases under this chapter.

(5)

MANAGER means the city manager or her/his designee.

(6)

PERSON means any individual and any partnership, firm, association, corporation, government or other entity.

(7)

SELECTIVE INVESTMENT means affirmatively seeking out any person or business which has no financial or business dealings in or with the government or private sector of South Africa.

(8)

SIGNIFICANT FINANCIAL LOSS means a procurement where substitution is not economically feasible as determined by a cost benefit analysis conducted by the city manager or where substitution would void a warranty.

(9)

SUBCONTRACTOR means any person providing goods, labor or services to a contractor if such goods, labor or services are procured or used in fulfillment of the contractor's obligations arising from a contract with the City of Austin.

(10)

SUBSTANTIALLY-OWNED means at least a 25 percent equity position in the subsidiary corporation.

(11)

TO SEEK COMPLIANCE means substantive initiation of divestment activity as determined by the city manager.

Source: 1992 Code Section 7-4-1; Ord. 031106-12; Ord. 031211-11; Ord. 20051215-010.