Section 122.

Promoting a healthy, prosperous economy is important to the City of Youngstown and to the quality of life for its residents. Part-time employment opportunities that provide a dependable and predictable source of income are a key element of such an economy, especially for those who need to need to schedule and pay for child and elderly care. Treating part-time workers with the same respect and dignity as those who work full-time is important to the financial and emotional well-being of employees.

   In order to foster these kinds of desirable part-time employment opportunities for its residents, the City hereby affirms the following: economic productivity is increased when employers have access to a reliable, trained and enthusiastic workforce; economic success is increased when employees are invested in a positive outlook for their employer; employees perform better when they can coordinate their work and personal schedules in advance in order to adequately address work and personal responsibilities; employees perform better when they can rely on a predictable source of income with which to meet their financial obligations; and employees experience greater job satisfaction when they feel their contributions to the employer are valued equally to that of other employees, regardless of status as full-time or part-time.

   For the purpose of establishing oversight and workplace standards that support the productivity and economic success of employers and enhance the ability of part-time employees to perform at their highest potential, the Part-Time Workers' Rights Commission is hereby established. (Enacted November 8, 2016.)