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Committee approves staffing authorization and hearswaiver, referendum and training implementation issues for hotel worker ordinance
Summary
City departments described resources needed to implement the hotel worker minimum wage and airport training requirements, discussed waiver processing and a threatened referendum, and the committee authorized one assistant city attorney position for implementation.
The Economic and Jobs Committee reviewed joint reports from the Bureau of Contract Administration (BCA) and the City AttorneyOffice about resources needed to implement the citywide hotel worker minimum wage ordinance and related hotel and airport rules.
Dania Minassian, deputy city attorney in the workers rights division, summarized enforcement roles and said the WorkersRights Division provides legal support to the Office of Wage Standards (OWS) and the Office of Contract Compliance. She said the city expects a major increase in investigations after the council’s recent ordinance amendments and recommended at minimum one additional assistant city attorney and one deputy city attorney to support the work; the division currently…
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