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Committee forwards amended reemployment ordinance to Board after 2-1 vote
Summary
The Public Utilities Services committee voted 2-1 on March 18 to send an amended ordinance to the full Board of Supervisors that would create a right to reemployment for certain employees laid off during the COVID-19 pandemic and require reasonable accommodation for family-care hardship. The Golden Gate Restaurant Association supported recent changes raising the restaurant threshold.
Chair Marr moved and the committee voted to forward an amended ordinance to the full Board of Supervisors after a brief public comment period and discussion.
The ordinance amends the San Francisco Police Code to create a limited right to reemployment for employees laid off because of the COVID-19 pandemic when an employer seeks to fill the same position previously held by a laid-off employee or a substantially similar position. It also requires employers to reasonably accommodate employees who cannot work because of a family-care hardship.
Chair Marr, chair of the Public Utilities Services committee, said the amendments made last week narrow the ordinance’s applicability by…
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