§ 2.44.010. Department of workplace and employment standards.

There is hereby created under the jurisdiction of the City Administrator a Department of Workplace and Employment Standards. Effective July 1, 2020, the Department of Workplace and Employment Standards shall enforce Chapter 2.28 ("Living Wage Ordinance"); Chapter 2.36 ("Worker Retention at Large-Scale Hospitality Business Ordinance"); Chapter 5.92 ("City Minimum Wage, Sick Leave, and Other Employment Standards"); Chapter 5.93 ("Hotel Minimum Wage and Working Conditions"); Prevailing Wage Resolution (Resolution No. 57103 C.M.S.), Local Employment Program (Part IV of the Local and Small Local Business Enterprise Program, Resolution No. 69687 C.M.S., as amended and codified by Ordinance No. 12389 C.M.S., and as subsequently amended), and Fifteen (15) Percent Apprenticeship Program (Resolution No. 74762 C.M.S.), and shall carry out such additional duties and functions as assigned by the City Administrator, or by Charter, ordinance, or City Council resolution. The Department of Workplace and Employment Standards may impose penalties and take any and all appropriate action to enforce the requirements of such provisions. The Department of Workplace and Employment Standards shall have authority to adopt rules and regulations consistent with and necessary for the implementation of the foregoing laws. Such rules and regulations shall have the force and effect of law, and may be relied upon by employers, employees and other persons to determine their rights and responsibilities. The Department of Workplace and Employment Standards may enforce the provisions of the California Labor Code to the extent permitted by State law.

(Res. No. 87287, § 3, 7-24-2018)