REPORT TO COUNCIL
SUBJECT
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Action on Adoption of an Ordinance No. 2023 adding Chapter 9.65 to the City Code to provide Hotel Service Workers Retention Rights [Deferred from December 16, 2020]
Report
COUNCIL PILLAR
Promote and Enhance Economic, Housing and Transportation Development
BACKGROUND
At the October 27, 2020 Council meeting, proposed Ordinance No. 2023 passed for the purpose of publication. Pursuant to City Charter Sections 808 and 812, a summary of proposed Ordinance No. 2023 was published on December 2, 2020 and December 30, 2020, and copies were posted in three public places.
Proposed Ordinance No. 2023 would amend the current Worker Retention Ordinance to add Chapter 9.65 "Hotel Service Worker Retention" and would include the following provisions:
Applicability: The proposed Ordinance would apply to any hotel with fifty (50) or more guest rooms
Covered Employees: Consistent with the existing Worker Retention Ordinance, the proposed ordinance would apply to full or part time workers (8 hours a week or more) whose primary place of employment is at a hotel subject to a change in control, (2) who is employed directly by the incumbent hotel employer, or by a person who has contracted with the incumbent hotel employer to provide services at the hotel subject to a change in control, and (3) who has worked for the incumbent hotel Employer for at least 90 days prior to the execution of the transfer document. Not included are managerial, supervisory, or confidential employees.
Notification and Retention Procedures:
Consistent with the existing Worker Retention Ordinance, the proposed ordinance would require:
* Within 15 days after the execution of a transfer document, the incumbent hotel employer shall provide to the successor hotel employer the name, address, date of hire and employment classification of each hotel worker.
* Successor hotel employer shall maintain a preferential hiring list of hotel workers identified in the list provided by th...
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