Sec. 107.1. Labor Standards Enforcement Officer.
Sec. 107.2. Funding.
Sec. 107.3. Administrative Procedure.
(a) Subject to the approval of the Mayor and Director of the Department of Administrative Services, the Labor Standards Enforcement Officer shall develop and administer a plan for the enforcement of, and is authorized to enforce, the Prevailing Wage requirements and other labor standards imposed by the Charter, the Prevailing Wage Provisions, and/or Chapter 6 of the Administrative Code. The Labor Standards Enforcement Officer shall coordinate the Labor Standards Enforcement Officer’s activities with federal and State labor standards agencies. The Labor Standards Enforcement Officer shall direct the City’s enforcement of the Prevailing Wage requirements and other labor standards imposed by the Charter, the Prevailing Wage Provisions, and Chapter 6 of the Administrative Code on Contractors as directed by the Mayor, and to this end all City departments shall cooperate with the Labor Standards Enforcement Officer.
(b) The Labor Standards Enforcement Officer has the authority to seek for a violation of the Prevailing Wage Provisions, working conditions, or apprenticeship requirements all of the penalties imposed by the Prevailing Wage Provisions and/or Chapter 6 of the Administrative Code, including the authority to file charges, in the same manner and to the same extent as a Department Head, which may lead to the debarment of the Contractor under Article V of Chapter 6 and/or Chapter 28 of the Administrative Code.
(c) The Labor Standards Enforcement Officer shall oversee the training of City personnel in the area of labor standards enforcement. In accordance with applicable law, including the civil service provisions of the Charter, the Mayor or the City Administrator may enter into a contract for investigative and monitoring services to further the purposes of this Article 107. In evaluating the qualifications of persons seeking that contract, the Mayor shall consider, among other relevant factors, the experience of those persons in monitoring and investigating labor standards compliance.
(Added by Ord. 296-24, File No. 240985, App. 12/19/2024, Eff. 1/19/2025, Oper. 2/19/2025)
Subject to the fiscal and budgetary provisions of the Charter, the Office of Labor Standards Enforcement is authorized to receive from departments awarding contracts the amount reasonably calculated to pay for the costs, including litigation costs, of enforcing the City Prevailing Wage requirements and other labor standards for contracts awarded by those departments. The Labor Standards Enforcement Officer shall supervise the expenditure of all funds appropriated for enforcement of Prevailing Wage requirements and other labor standards imposed by the Charter, the Prevailing Wage Provisions, and Chapter 6 of the Administrative Code.
(Added by Ord. 296-24, File No. 240985, App. 12/19/2024, Eff. 1/19/2025, Oper. 2/19/2025)
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