SEC. 185.11. NOTICE AND POSTING OF EMPLOYEE RIGHTS.

   Every Employer shall post the notice published each year by the DAA, pursuant to Section 188.03 A., informing Employees of their rights under this article. Every Employer shall post notices in English, Spanish, Chinese (Cantonese and Mandarin), Hindi, Vietnamese, Tagalog, Korean, Japanese, Thai, Armenian, Russian and Farsi, and any other language spoken by at least 5 percent of the Employees at the workplace or job site.

SEC. 185.12. RETALIATORY ACTION PROHIBITED.

   No Employer shall discharge, reduce in compensation or otherwise discriminate against any Employee for opposing any practice proscribed by this article, for participating in proceedings related to this article, for seeking to enforce their rights under this article by any lawful means, or for otherwise asserting rights under this article.

SEC. 185.13. NO WAIVER OF RIGHTS.

   A waiver by an Employee of any provision in this article shall be deemed contrary to public policy and shall be void and unenforceable.

SEC. 185.14. COEXISTENCE WITH OTHER AVAILABLE RELIEF.

   The provisions of this article shall not be construed as limiting an Employee’s right to obtain relief to which they may be entitled at law or in equity.

SEC. 185.15. CONFLICTS.

   Nothing in this article shall be interpreted or applied so as to create any power or duty in conflict with any federal or state law.

SEC. 185.16. SEVERABILITY.

   If any subsection, sentence, clause or phrase of this article is for any reason held to be invalid or unconstitutional by a court of competent jurisdiction, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this ordinance. The City Council hereby declares that it would have adopted this section, and each and every subsection, sentence, clause and phrase thereof not declared invalid or unconstitutional, without regard to whether any portion of the ordinance would be subsequently declared invalid or unconstitutional.

ARTICLE 6 CITYWIDE HOTEL WORKER MINIMUM WAGE ORDINANCE

(Added by Ord. No. 183,241, Eff. 11/10/14.)

Section

186.00   Purpose.

186.01   Definitions.

186.02   Payment of Minimum Compensation to Hotel Workers and Provision of Time Off.

186.03   Service Charges.

186.04   Incremental Application of Minimum Wage Provisions.

186.05   Notifying Hotel Workers of Their Potential Right to the Federal Earned Income Credit.

186.06   Retaliatory Action Prohibited.

186.07   Enforcement.

186.08   Exemption for Collective Bargaining Agreement.

186.09   One-year Waiver for Certain Hotel Employers.

186.10   No Waiver of Rights.

186.11   Coexistence with Other Available Relief for Specific Deprivations of Protected Rights.

186.12   Conflicts.

186.13   Severability.

186.14   Coexistence with Other Ordinances.