REPORT TO COUNCIL
SUBJECT
Title
Discussion and Direction on Mayor Gillmor's Request Regarding Worker Retention and Recall Protections During COVID-19 Pandemic [Council Pillar: Promote and Enhance Economic, Housing and Transportation Development]
Report
BACKGROUND
At its August 18, 2020 meeting, Council approved a written petition submitted by Mayor Lisa M. Gillmor (Attachment 1) to place an item on the October 13, 2020 Council agenda to discuss modifications to the City's Worker Retention Ordinance adding hotel workers as a covered employee group and to add a recall provision for building service, food service and hotel employees laid off due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
This report provides a summary of:
* Santa Clara Worker Retention Ordinance;
* Information about other cities which have implemented similar ordinances; and,
* Discussion about possible parameters to include in an ordinance should Council direct staff to bring back an emergency ordinance for its consideration at the October 27, 2020 Council meeting.
DISCUSSION
Worker Retention Ordinance
If the Council directs staff to prepare an ordinance to protect hotel workers and add worker recall provisions to address the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, staff recommends amending the existing worker retention ordinance on an emergency basis.
The City of Santa Clara adopted Worker Retention Ordinance - No. 1964, on April 4, 2017 (Attachment 2) and has been codified in Chapter 9.60 of the City Code.
The current Worker Retention Ordinance requires that when the City or one of its associated government entities or facilities managers changes contractors for certain types of workers, the new contractor must hire the existing workers.
Applicability: The ordinance applies to:
1) any entity in the City of Santa Clara with more than 25 employees in the State of California that enter into contracts for building services and/or food service, and
2) entertainment/convention venues with a capacity of at ...
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