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24-6.1   Applicability.
   Covered vendors shall pay no less than the living wage to covered employees.
(CBC 1985 24-6.1; Ord. 1998 c. 5 § 6) Penalty, see § 24-11
24-6.2   Calculation of the Living Wage.
   The living wage shall be calculated on an hourly basis and shall be no less than $10.25 from the effective date of passage of this Section, subject to adjustment each year on July 1:
   (A)   To the hourly rate which at 40 hours of work a week for 50 weeks a year would be equal to but not less than 116% of the poverty threshold for a family of four as published by the United States Department of Health and Human Services;
   (B)   In proportion to the increase at the immediately preceding December 31 over the year earlier level of the Annual Average Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (“CPI-U”) Boston-Lawrence-Salem, MA NH as published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, United States Department of Labor applied to $10.25; or
   (C)   One hundred ten percent of the federal or commonwealth minimum wage; or whichever of the foregoing is higher.
(CBC 1985 24-6.2; Ord. 1998 c. 5 § 6; Ord. 2001 c. 8) Penalty, see § 24-11
24-7   DUTIES OF COVERED VENDORS.
24-7.1   Notification Requirements.
   Covered vendors covered building service vendors, covered lessors and covered lessees shall provide each covered employee and covered building service employee with a fact sheet about this Chapter and shall post a notice about the Chapter in a conspicuous location visible to all employees. The fact sheet and poster shall be provided to the covered vendor, covered building service vendor, covered lessor or covered lessee by the designated Department and shall include:
   (A)   Notice of the living wage amount and notice of the standard compensation amount;
   (B)   A summary of the provisions of this Chapter;
   (C)   A description of the enforcement provisions of the Chapter; and
   (D)   The name, address and phone number of a person designated by the designated Department to which complaints of noncompliance with this Chapter should be directed.
(CBC 1985 24-7.1; Ord. 1998 c. 5 § 7; Ord. 2021 c. 17 §§ 16 - 19) Penalty, see § 24-11
24-7.2   Maintenance and Examination of Payroll Records.
   (A)   Maintenance of payroll records. Each covered vendor shall maintain payrolls for all covered employees and basic records relating thereto for a period of three years. The records shall contain the name and address of each employee, the job title and classification, the number of hours worked each day, the gross wages, deductions made, actual wages paid, a copy of the Social Security returns and evidence of payment thereof, a record of fringe benefit payments including contributions to approved plans, funds or programs and/or additional cash payments and such other data as may be required by the contracting Department from time to time.
   (B)   Examination of payrolls. Each covered vendor shall permit representatives of the designated Department, or their designees, to observe work being performed upon the work site, to interview employees and to examine the books and records relating to the payrolls being investigated.
   (C)   Payroll reporting. On an annual basis, a covered building service vendor shall file with the city a complete certified payroll report showing the covered building service vendor’s payroll records for each covered building service employee. The city shall maintain all certified payroll reports so that they may be used in the event a complaint is made under the provisions of Section 24-10.
(CBC 1985 24-7.2; Ord. 1998 c. 5 § 7; Ord. 2021 c. 17 § 20) Penalty, see § 24-11
24-7.3   Vendor Agreements.
   At the time of signing a service contract with the city or subcontract with a vendor, the contract with the covered vendor must include the following:
   (A)   The name of the program or project under which the contract or subcontract is being awarded;
   (B)   A local contact name, address and phone number for the covered vendor;
   (C)    A written commitment by the covered vendor to pay all covered employees not less than the living wage, subject to adjustment each July 1, and to comply with the provisions of this Chapter;
   (D)   A workforce profile of covered employees paid for by the service contract or subcontract including the employees’ job titles with wage ranges, number of covered employees who are Boston residents, and the number of covered employees who are minorities and women;
   (E)   A written narrative of the covered vendors’ past efforts and future goals to hire low and moderate income Boston residents and train covered employees; the potential for advancement and raises for covered employees; the net increase and decrease in number of jobs or number of jobs maintained by classification that will result from the awarding of the service contract; and
   (F)   For service contracts, a list of all service subcontracts either awarded or that will be awarded to vendors with funds from the service contract. Any covered vendor awarded a service contract shall notify the contracting Department within three working days of signing a service subcontract with a vendor.
(CBC 1985 24-7.3; Ord. 1998 c. 5 § 7) Penalty, see § 24-11
24-7.4   Reports.
   (A)   Covered vendors and covered building service vendors shall provide quarterly reports to the designated Department of their employment activities. Not-for-profit vendors with 50 or more FTEs and all for-profit vendors shall be required to provide such reports biannually. These reports shall include:
      (1)   The job positions charged to the service contract, covered building service contract or service subcontract, the wage ranges of those positions; and
      (2)   The total number of Boston residents, women and minorities who are charged to the service contract, covered building service contract or service subcontract.
   (B)   The designated Department shall submit a summary of said reports to the Boston City Council and Living Wage Advisory Committee within 30 working days following the end of each quarterly or biannual reporting period.
(CBC 1985 24-7.4; Ord. 1998 c. 5 § 7; Ord. 2001 c. 8; Ord. 2021 c. 17 §§ 21 - 23) Penalty, see § 24-11
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