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Boston labor office previews FY27 budget, outlines heat-illness rules and worker-rights outreach
Summary
The Office of Labor Compliance and Worker Protections told the Council its FY27 operating budget is about $1.8 million, described steps to implement the city's Heat Illness and Injury Prevention Ordinance and summarized a Worker Rights Initiative that has funded multilingual clinics and training.
The Boston Office of Labor Compliance and Worker Protections told the City Council's Ways and Means committee on April 23 that its FY27 operating budget is about $1.8 million and described steps to implement a new heat-illness ordinance, expand multilingual worker training and run the city's resident-jobs compliance program.
"We protect and promote labor standards and policies that create fair workplaces for all workers," Jody Sugarman, deputy chief in the Worker Empowerment Cabinet and director of the office, told the committee. Sugarman said about 64% of the office's budget funds the Boston Resident Jobs Policy (BRJP) program and that the office monitored 166 BRJP projects in the most recent fiscal year.
Why it matters: the office enforces local wage and hiring rules that apply to large…
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