City Council

(19) 23-0287 PERSONNEL, AUDITS, AND HIRING and CIVIL RIGHTS, EQUITY, IMMIGRATION, AGING, AND DISABILITY COMMITTEES’ REPORT relative to an analysis of current resources used to prosecute wage theft cases. Recommendations for Council action, pursuant to Motion (McOsker – Blumenfield et al.): REQUEST the City Attorney, with the assistance of the City Administrative Officer (CAO), to report to the Council within thirty days with an analysis of current resources used to prosecute wage theft cases as well as recommendations to fulfill any staffing or resource needs within the Office to better effectuate wage theft cases, with said analysis to include trends related to the wage theft cases that have been initiated versus successfully prosecuted since the establishment of the Office of Wage Standards. INSTRUCT the Office of Wage Standards under the Bureau of Contract Administration to report to the Council within 30 days on additional resources needed to maintain efficient resolution to pending investigations, begin strategic enforcement, and broaden outreach efforts so the public is aware of the complaint process for filing a wage theft claim to include efforts related to relaying information in languages other than English as well as ways of communicating information other than electronically.