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The Living Wage Advisory Committee shall meet quarterly and in special session as required. All meetings of the Living Wage Advisory Committee shall be open to the public under the commonwealth’s Open Meeting Law, being M.G.L. Chapter 30A, Sections 18—25 and 940 CMR 29.00. The Committee shall promulgate regulations and rules which allow for public participation and testimony at hearings and meetings.
(CBC 1985 24-8.3; Ord. 1998 c. 5 § 8)
For the purposes of this Chapter, no member of the Living Wage Advisory Committee shall participate in any proceeding concerning a beneficiary, a covered vendor, a covered employee or applicant for waiver or exemption, if the member or any member of his or her immediate family has a direct or indirect financial interest in said individual or in the award of a service contract, subcontract or assistance or the granting of relief to said individual.
(CBC 1985 24-8.4; Ord. 1998 c. 5 § 8)
If necessary for the enforcement of this Chapter, the designated Department may issue subpoenas, compel the attendance and testimony of witnesses and production of books, papers, records and documents relating to payroll records necessary for hearing, investigations and proceedings. The designated Department may apply to a court of competent jurisdiction to enforce these provisions.
(CBC 1985 24-9; Ord. 1998 c. 5 § 9)
(A) A person or an employee who believes that he or she is a covered employee or covered building service employee or a person who is an applicant for a position to be filled by a covered employee or covered building service employee and believes that his or her employer is not complying with requirements of this Chapter applicable to the employee, may file a complaint with the designated Department. Complaints by covered employees or covered building service employees of alleged violations may be made at any time. Statements written or oral, made by an employee, shall be treated as confidential and shall not be disclosed to the covered vendor, covered building service vendor, covered lessor or covered lessee without the consent of the employee.
(B) A complaint of noncompliance with this Chapter may be filed by any person with the designated Department, which shall provide a copy of the complaint to each covered vendor, covered building service vendor, covered lessor or covered lessee against whom the complaint is made within five business days.
(CBC 1985 24-10.1; Ord. 1998 c. 5 § 10; Ord. 2021 c. 17 §§ 25 - 28)
If a covered vendor, covered building service vendor, covered lessor or covered lessee: discharges; reduces the compensation of; or discriminates against any covered employee or covered building service employee or any other person for making a complaint to the designated Department, otherwise asserting his or her rights under this Chapter, participating in any of its proceedings, or using any civil remedies to enforce his or her rights under the Chapter, the covered vendor, covered building service vendor, covered lessor or covered lessee shall be considered in violation of this Chapter. The designated Department shall investigate allegations of retaliation or discrimination and shall, if found to be true, after notice and a hearing order appropriate relief to the employee or person and penalties for the covered vendor, covered building service vendor, covered lessor or covered lessee and may suspend the contract or order the service contractor to suspend the subcontract.
(CBC 1985 24-10.2; Ord. 1998 c. 5 § 10; Ord. 2021 c. 17 § 29 - 30)
The designated Department, or its designee, shall investigate all complaints of noncompliance. Investigations may include routine reviews, spot checks and investigations pursuant to complaints. The designated Department, or its designee, shall have the responsibility to examine promptly all payrolls for compliance upon receiving a complaint, in furtherance of any investigation.
(CBC 1985 24-10.3; Ord. 1998 c. 5 § 10)
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