City officials present labor compliance budget, new BRJP dashboard showing 21% Boston resident hours, 7% women

At a May 12 Boston City Council Committee on Ways and Means hearing, officials from the Office of Labor Compliance and Worker Protections presented the office’s proposed FY26 operating budget and showed a new real-time dashboard for monitoring compliance with the Boston Resident Jobs Policy (BRJP).

The presentation matters because the office enforces local labor standards for city-linked construction and service contracts, and the new dashboard is intended to give procurement staff, contractors and the public a clearer, timely view of who is working on city projects.

Deputy Chief Jody Sugarman Brossian told the committee that the office’s proposed FY26 operating budget is roughly $1,000,911.71, “just $55,080 less than FY25,” a change the office attributed to one-time contracted resources that ended and general wage increases. She said about 62% of the office’s budget covers the BRJP office, which includes 10 of the office’s 13 staff.

Sugarman Brossian summarized BRJP’s hiring targets, as described in the office slides: projects must meet…