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Committee backs renewed emergency protections for grocery, drugstore and delivery workers
Summary
The committee voted Oct. 29 to send to the full Board an emergency reenactment of ordinance 74-20 that requires certain employers to provide health and scheduling protections and establishes a complaint mechanism with the Office of Labor Standards and Enforcement; Supervisor Matt Haney moved the measure.
The Government Audit and Oversight Committee on Oct. 29 recommended that the Board of Supervisors reenact an emergency ordinance (74-20) requiring health and scheduling protections for grocery stores, drugstores, restaurants and on-demand delivery employees during the COVID-19 public-health emergency.
Supervisor Matt Haney, who led the item, said the ordinance reenacts protections set to expire Nov. 8 and extends them for an additional 60 days. "The legislation strengthens worker protections that are covered by the health officer's orders, and also gives workers an additional level of protection and a mechanism to file a complaint with the Office of Labor Standards and Enforcement," Haney said.
Operations staff reported there were no callers in the queue for public comment on the item, and the committee moved to forward the reenactment as a committee report to the full Board at the Nov. 3 meeting. The motion carried by a unanimous 3-0 vote.
The committee’s recommendation forwards the emergency reenactment for consideration at the full Board, where supervisors may debate, amend or adopt the ordinance.
