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Committee forwards changes to Displaced Worker Protection Act to full Board, adds city enforcement
Summary
The Government Audit and Oversight Committee voted 3–0 to send to the full Board an ordinance strengthening the Displaced Worker Protection Act by requiring awarding authorities to identify successor contractors within set timeframes and by giving the Office of Labor Standards Enforcement (OLSE) administrative enforcement powers alongside private lawsuits.
Supervisor Dean Preston, chair of the Government Audit and Oversight Committee, said the committee unanimously recommended an ordinance on March 16 that aims to strengthen protections for janitorial, security and building maintenance workers when contractors change. The ordinance’s sponsor, Supervisor Safaie, told the panel the measure responds to recent incidents in which successor contractors were not disclosed and workers were left without jobs.
Supervisor Safaie said the bill will require an "awarding authority" — the company that hires a janitorial, security or building maintenance firm — to provide the name of…
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