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Committee advances amendments to renew COVID workplace protections for grocery, restaurant and gig workers
Summary
The committee adopted amendments and continued a police‑code ordinance to require covered entities to provide PPE, pay for cleaning time and prohibit retaliation; the item was continued for a final vote on March 4, 2021.
The Government Audit and Oversight Committee on Feb. 18 adopted amendments to a proposed ordinance that would require grocery store, drugstore, restaurant and on‑demand delivery covered entities to provide COVID‑related protections to workers and then continued the item for a final vote on March 4.
Sponsor Supervisor Raza Haney framed the proposal as a response to frontline risks for cashiers, deli clerks, bakery staff and app‑based delivery workers who continued working through the pandemic. "Cashiers, bakers, deli clerks, pharmacy clerks, and on‑demand food delivery service…
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