This ordinance updates the Healthy Airport Ordinance to change the requirements for minimum health care spending by contractors for specific airport workers, starting on January 1, 2027, or when the ordinance takes effect. It aims to ensure that airport workers receive adequate health care support.
Ordinance amending the Labor and Employment Code to revise the Healthy Airport Ordinance to modify, beginning on the later of January 1, 2027, or the effective date of this Ordinance, contracting parties’ obligations for providing minimum health care expenditures to certain airport workers.
How it got here
The legislation originated from the need to amend the Healthy Airport Ordinance to address concerns raised by employers regarding health care expenditure obligations for airport workers.
The Healthy Airport Ordinance (Ordinance No. 235-20) was enacted to ensure airport service employees could afford quality health care, amending the Health Care Accountability Ordinance.
The ordinance was amended (Ordinance No. 234-25) to replace previous compliance options with a single minimum health care expenditure requirement for employers.
Supervisor Mandelman introduced an ordinance to modify the Healthy Airport Ordinance, addressing employer concerns about health care expenditure obligations.
The Government Audit and Oversight Committee referred the legislation to the Department of Human Resources for assessment of 'Meet and Confer' requirements.
The Department of Human Resources confirmed that the 'Meet and Confer' requirement was fulfilled regarding the proposed ordinance.
The ordinance was assigned under the 30-day rule for further consideration by the Board of Supervisors.
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