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 also revises exemptions related to certain types of work and establishes new rules for determining Prevailing Wage rates.
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 San Francisco's Prevailing Wage and labor requirements across multiple codes.
The Board of Supervisors introduced an ordinance to amend the Administrative Code and Labor and Employment Code, moving various employment-related provisions to streamline and clarify labor requirements.
The Department of Human Resources was notified to assess the impact of the proposed ordinance and fulfill 'Meet and Confer' requirements as it may affect labor relations.
The proposed ordinance was referred to the Rules Committee for further consideration and to ensure compliance with procedural requirements.
The Rules Committee duplicated and referred the ordinance for further action, indicating ongoing legislative processing.
The ordinance was officially filed by the Clerk of the Board, marking a step towards its potential enactment.
Reconstructed from attached documents & the official record
