ProGov21 Policy Library

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2021

Level City or Town

State(s) All States

Source Mayors Innovation Project

Policy Areas Economic Justice

This guide differentiates between the various types of paid leave (i.e. sick, medical, family, and parental leave) and highlights their respective benefits. It discusses options cities can take to enact local paid leave legislation, such as enacting ordinances that expand coverage...

State College Ordinance Prohibiting Employment Discrimination

Type Ordinance

Year 2011

Level City or Town

State(s) Pennsylvania

Source State College Borough Council

Policy Areas Economic Justice, Civil Rights

This ordinance prohibits employment discrimination. It ensures that all persons receive equal opportunities for employment regardless of their perceived or actual race, color, sex, religion, ancestry, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, familial status,...

Raise LA: How Good Hotel Jobs Will Boost Local Businesses, Strengthen Neighborhoods and Renew Our Economy

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2013

Level City or Town

State(s) California

Source Los Angeles Alliance for a New Economy

Policy Areas Economic Justice, Civil Rights, Health

This report examines how establishing a minimum wage for hotel workers in Los Angeles would improve job quality, reduce poverty, and bolster the city's tourism industry. It recommends policymakers set the starting hotel minimum wage equal to the existing living wage set for workers...

2001 Wales First Source Hiring and Local Business Enterprise Policy

Type Act or Session Law

Year 2001

Level City or Town

State(s) New York

Source Wales Town Board

Policy Areas Community Development, Public Spaces, Economic Justice, Civil Rights

An act requiring that for city-assisted development projects, developers and employers of the built business are required to hire 30% local residents, or make efforts to do so....

Costs and Benefits of Paid Sick Leave: Reviewing the Research

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2011

Level City or Town

State(s) All States, California, Colorado, District of Columbia

Source Bell Policy Center

Policy Areas Economic Justice, Civil Rights, Health

This policy brief examines the effects of Denver's 2011 Initiative 300 which enables employees to acquire sick time hours depending on the size of their business and how many hours they work. This brief examines the experiences of San Francisco and Washington D.C. in implementing...

2021 Detroit Ordinance Establishing Industry Standards Boards

Type Ordinance

Year 2021

Level City or Town

State(s) Michigan

Source City of Detroit

Policy Areas Civil Rights, Democracy & Governance, Economic Justice

This 2021 ordinance allows Detroit's city council to establish industry standards boards, which bring workers and employers together to set standards for wages, benefits, and working conditions. It outlines the process by which worker groups may petition for an industry standards...

2014 Chicago Ordinance 02014-1511 Requiring Employers to Provide Paid Sick Leave

Type Ordinance

Year 2014

Level City or Town

State(s) Illinois

Source Chicago City Council

Policy Areas Economic Justice, Civil Rights, Health

This ordinance requires all employers in the City of Chicago to offer employees the opportunity to earn and accumulate sick time. The ordinance requires employers to provide one hour of sick time for each 30 hours worked, with a cap of 40 accumulated hours for small employers and...

2006 Alameda County Resolution 389 Protecting Incarcerated Individuals Against Employment Discrimination

Type Ordinance

Year 2006

Level County

State(s) California

Source Alameda County Board Of Supervisors

Policy Areas Economic Justice, Civil Rights

This ordinance prohibits employer discrimination against or otherwise denying employment to individuals with criminal records solely on the basis of those records....

It is Time for Earned Sick Leave in Michigan

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2016

Level State

State(s) Michigan

Source Michigan League for Public Policy

Policy Areas Economic Justice, Children & Families

Michigan should enact an earned sick leave law. An earned sick leave law in Michigan would require most employers to bank sick time for their workers based on the number of hours they have worked. This would help low-paid workers keep their jobs, increase productivity, reduce employee...

Ohioans face tough test to receive unemployment benefits: Earnings requirements exceed almost all other states

Type Fact Sheet or Infographic

Year 2013

Level City or Town

State(s) Ohio

Source Policy Matters Ohio

Policy Areas Economic Justice, Civil Rights

Ohio's unemployment compensation benefits system is undermined by the requirement that workers earn $230 weekly for 20 weeks to qualify. Implementing a standard that links eligibility to hours worked rather than amount of earnings would increase benefits' accessibility and reduce...

2006 Chicago Big Box Living Wage and Benefits Ordinance

Type Ordinance

Year 2006

Level City or Town

State(s) Illinois

Source Chicago City Council

Policy Areas Economic Justice, Civil Rights

This ordinance requires all large retail employers to provide employees an hourly compensation package with a total value of no less than the sum of the living wage rate and the benefits rate for each hour that the employee works on the premises of a large retailer. Beginning on July...

From Unlivable Wages to Just Pay for Early Educators

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2019

Level City or Town

State(s) All States

Source Center for the Study of Child Care Employment

Policy Areas Children & Families, Economic Justice, Education

Teaching in early care and education (ECE) programs is one of the lowest-paid occupations in the United States. This report summarizes recent research on wage standards and assesses existing initiatives intended to address the problem of low wages in ECE. It concludes that educators...

Essential but Unprotected: App-based Food Couriers in New York City

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2021

Level City or Town

State(s) New York

Source Los Deliveristas Unidos

Policy Areas Economic Justice, Health, Data & Technology

This report contains the findings from a participatory action research project that examined the working and living conditions of delivery workers engaged by digital platforms (also known as apps) to deliver restaurant food orders to consumers in New York City. Findings show that...

Examining the Evidence: The Impact of the Los Angeles Living Wage Ordinance on Workers and Businesses

Type Ordinance

Year 2005

Level City or Town

State(s) California

Source Los Angeles Alliance for a New Economy

Policy Areas Economic Justice

This report examines the impact of Los Angeles' 1997 living wage ordinance on wages, benefits, and labor dynamics. It finds that the law increased wages and benefits for thousands of people across the city, and that these benefits were greater when workers were unionized. ...

2011 San Francisco Ordinance 175-11 Regarding Wage Theft

Type Ordinance

Year 2011

Level City or Town, County

State(s) California

Source City and County of San Francisco

Policy Areas Economic Justice, Civil Rights

This ordinance enhances the ability of the City and County of San Francisco to enforce its minimum wage by requiring employers to create dispute resolution policies, increasing the penalty for employer retaliation, and establishing penalties for employers that fail to provide personal,...

2014 Santa Fe Ordinance 1 Establishing a Living Wage

Type Ordinance

Year 2014

Level County

State(s) California

Source The Board of County Commissioners of Santa Fe County

Policy Areas Economic Justice

This ordinance establishes a living wage within Santa Fe County. Beginning at $10.66 per hour, each year the living wage shall be adjusted by an amount corresponding to the previous year’s increase in the Consumer Price Index (CPI). The ordinance also protects employees from retaliation...

2006 San Francisco Worker Retention Ordinance 90

Type Ordinance

Year 2006

Level City or Town, County

State(s) California

Source San Francisco Board Of Supervisors

Policy Areas Economic Justice, Civil Rights

Experienced grocery workers with knowledge of proper sanitation procedures, health regulations, and understanding of the clientele and communities they serve are instrumental in maintaining health and safety standards in grocery establishments. As a result, this ordinance requires...

Work Innovation and Opportunity Act and Job Quality

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year -

Level City or Town, County, State

State(s) All States

Source CLASP

Policy Areas Democracy & Governance, Economic Justice, Finance & Procurement

Through the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA), local governments can leverage training funds to improve job quality. This guide recommends using WIOA plans to offer employment incentives including higher wages, paid leave, reliable and flexible schedules, and career...

2010 Hartford Ordinance 06-10, 3-22-10 Living Wage

Type Ordinance

Year 2010

Level City or Town

State(s) Connecticut

Source Hartford Court Of Common Council

Policy Areas Economic Justice, Civil Rights

This ordinance requires employers to pay their employees no less than the living wage for work on contracts awarded by the City....

Lost Wages, Soaring Revenue: An Analysis of the Impact of the Failure of Hotels to Implement the Century Corridor Living Wage

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2008

Level City or Town

State(s) California

Source Los Angeles Alliance for a New Economy

Policy Areas Economic Justice, Civil Rights

The Los Angeles City Council adopted an ordinance requiring LAX-area hotels to pay workers a living wage. Hotel industry groups responded by launching a referendum and filing a lawsuit, delaying implementation of the living wage ordinance for more than a year. This report outlines...

2012 Broward County Ordinance 32 Protecting Workers from Wage Theft

Type Ordinance

Year 2012

Level County

State(s) Florida

Source Broward County Commission

Policy Areas Economic Justice, Civil Rights

This ordinance provides a variety of worker protections against wage theft. A complaint for non-payment of earned wages, if not resolved through conciliation, is heard by the Office of Intergovernmental Affairs and Professional Standards. If a violation is established, the hearing...

2022 New York City Ordinance 0640-2022 Requiring Labor Law Training for Fast Food Employees

Type Ordinance

Year 2022

Level City or Town

State(s) New York

Source New York City Council

Policy Areas Civil Rights, Democracy & Governance, Economic Justice, Food

This proposed ordinance would require the Department of Consumer and Worker Protection to provide fast food employees with training on the rights afforded to them under city employment laws. It would also require employers to compensate their employees for travel and training time....

2012 Alexandria Ordinance 3-3-31.1

Type Ordinance

Year 2012

Level City or Town

State(s) Virginia

Source Alexandria City Council

Policy Areas Civil Rights, Economic Justice

This ordinance establishes regulations regarding the required wage rate for public contracts. It stipulates that contractors must pay their employees, assigned to work on city-owned or controlled property, an hourly rate equal to the average poverty threshold for a family of four...

Big Business Bias: Employment Discrimination and Sexual Harassment at Large Corporations

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2019

Level State, National

State(s) All States

Source Good Jobs First

Policy Areas Economic Justice, Civil Rights, Public Safety

An examination of federal and state court records shows that the vast majority of large corporations throughout the U.S. economy have made payments to plaintiffs in at least one employment discrimination or harassment lawsuit since the beginning of 2000. These include individual and...

California’s Hero Labor Law: The Private Attorneys General Act Fights Wage Theft and Recovers Millions from Lawbreaking Corporations

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2020

Level State

State(s) California

Source Partnership for Working Families

Policy Areas Economic Justice

Though California has enacted numerous laws that help workers recover stolen wages, access paid leave from work, and enforce safe and humane working conditions, such legislation fails to deliver economic security to working Californians unless accompanied by strong enforcement mechanisms....

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