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Board members introduce emergency paid-leave measure and call for enforcement of gig-worker protections
Summary
Supervisors introduced a package of emergency measures on March 24 urging rapid enforcement of California’s AB 5, requiring app-based companies to provide protections and requesting a local public-health emergency paid-leave ordinance; related proposals include hazard pay for grocery and delivery workers and a proposed Family Income Relief Fund.
Supervisors at the San Francisco Board of Supervisors meeting on March 24 introduced emergency measures aimed at worker protections during the COVID‑19 pandemic, including a resolution urging rapid enforcement of Assembly Bill 5 and an emergency ordinance to create a new category of paid leave for public-health emergencies.
Supervisor Marr introduced a resolution, cosponsored by Supervisors Haney, Walton and Ronan, urging the Office of Labor Standards Enforcement to establish rapid enforcement procedures to address misclassification of San Francisco workers and ensure local compliance with Assembly Bill 5. "Paid sick leave, unemployment insurance, and family medical leave aren't just nice to have, they're the difference between workers being able to feed their families or not," Marr said. The resolution asks the City Attorney, the California Attorney General and the State Labor Secretary to help gig workers access benefits under AB 5 and urges the Department of Public Health to set minimum health and safety guidelines for app‑based…
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