New York Consolidated Laws, Labor Law - LAB § 721. Definitions

1. “Person” includes one or more individuals, partnerships, associations, or corporations, whether acting for themselves or in a representative capacity.

2. “Labor organization” means any organization of any kind which exists for the purpose, in whole or in part, of representing employees employed within the state of New York in dealing with employers or employer organizations or with a state government, or any political or civil subdivision or other agency thereof, concerning terms and conditions of employment, grievances, labor disputes, or other matters incidental to the employment relationship, and shall include the parent national or international organization of a local labor organization.

3. “Employer” means any person conducting a business or employing another within the state of New York, but shall not include a state government or any political or civil subdivision or other agency thereof.

4. “Employer organization” means any organization of any kind which exists for the purpose, in whole or in part, of representing employers in dealing with employees or labor organizations concerning terms and conditions of employment, grievances, labor disputes, or other matters incidental to the employment relationship at a place of business maintained in the state of New York.

5. “Labor relations consultant” means any person who, for compensation, advises or represents an employer, employer organization, or labor organization concerning employee organizing, concerted activities or collective bargaining activities, but shall not include a director, officer or regular employee of such employer, employer organization or labor organization, or an attorney engaged in the practice of law.

6. “Officer” means any person holding or in fact performing or authorized to perform the functions of an office named or described in the constitution, charter, articles of incorporation, articles of association or by-laws of a labor organization or employer organization.

7. “Agent” means any person, other than an attorney engaged in the practice of law, who represents or is authorized to represent a labor organization or employer organization, alone or with others in its dealings with employers, employees, members, employer organizations, labor organizations, or other persons, regardless of whether his relationship to the labor organization or employer organization is that of an independent contractor or employee.