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Council moves ordinance on worker payment protection to second reading May 5
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Summary
Council advanced a proposed amendment to Chapter 128 adding worker-payment protection and anti-coercion rules (ordinance 42) to second reading; administration said the measure aims to hold customers accountable when independent workers are not paid.
The Passaic City Council on April 14 moved Ordinance 42, amending Chapter 128 to add worker-payment protection and anti-coercion provisions, to second reading and scheduling the matter for the May 5 meeting.
The administration described the change as closing a gap that can leave individual service providers vulnerable if a customer refuses to pay a small crew or contractor who is not registered in the city. The mayor framed the ordinance as a measure to ensure individuals are paid for services rendered: "If you do the work and you do it right, you deserve to be paid for the work that you do," he said.
Officials said the ordinance allows the city to hold customers accountable and impose fines in some cases even where companies or larger entities have different protections. The council approved moving the ordinance to the next meeting for a second and final reading; no final adoption vote was recorded on April 14.
