The ordinance moves various employment-related rules, such as Prevailing Wage and apprenticeship requirements, from the Administrative Code to the Labor and Employment Code, while also updating enforcement procedures and definitions. It eliminates some exemptions for certain types of work and introduces new exemptions for Modular Furniture Installers.
Ordinance amending the Administrative Code and Labor and Employment Code to move certain employment-related provisions, including, among others, certain Prevailing Wage requirements, apprenticeship requirements, and hours and days of labor requirements, from the Administrative Code to the Labor and Employment Code; establish new defined terms encompassing the projects and contracts subject to Prevailing Wage requirements; revise penalty and enforcement requirements and procedures for Prevailing Wage and certain other labor requirements; change the process for fixing and determining Prevailing Wage rates; move and revise the Transition Employment requirements and create new enforcement procedures for those requirements; apply Notice of Forfeiture/Certification of Forfeiture procedures for violations of Prevailing Wage requirements on Covered Real Estate Projects; renumber certain Municipal Code sections or provisions; and make other substantive or technical amendments to the Administrative Code and Labor and Employment Code, including, among others, eliminating certain exemptions from Prevailing Wage requirements for Broadcast Services work and the work of loading and unloading Commercial Vehicles on City property, while creating an exemption from Prevailing Wage requirements for work covered by the Modular Furniture Installers (Carpenters) classification.
How it got here
This legislation originated from the need to consolidate and clarify various Prevailing Wage requirements within San Francisco's Municipal Code.
The Board of Supervisors introduced an ordinance to amend the Administrative Code and Labor and Employment Code, moving employment-related provisions to improve clarity and enforcement.
The Department of Human Resources was referred the ordinance to assess the impact and fulfill 'Meet and Confer' requirements.
The Rules Committee recommended the ordinance as a committee report for the Board meeting.
The Board of Supervisors passed the ordinance on its first reading.
The ordinance was finally passed by the Board of Supervisors.
The Mayor approved the ordinance, finalizing its enactment.
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