CITY PUTS TEETH IN WAGE LAW; CONTROLLER TO STOP PAYOUTS TO VIOLATORS.Byline: Patrick McGreevy Daily News Staff Writer Concerned by reports that most city contractors are not complying with Los Angeles' living-wage ordinance, City Controller Rick Tuttle Rick Tuttle (born 1940) was Los Angeles City Controller from 1985 to 2001. He stressed the importance of creating a strong democratic influence at UCLA, which was in his words "the best large public university in a major city. announced Tuesday that he no longer will approve payments to those in violation. Tuttle's announcement came as the City Council is scheduled today to consider a motion asking the City Attorney's Office to report on penalties that ``might be utilized against employers who fail to comply with the living-wage ordinance.'' The separate actions come a month after UCLA UCLA University of California at Los Angeles UCLA University Center for Learning Assistance (Illinois State University) UCLA University of Carrollton, TX and Lower Addison, TX professor Richard Sander released a study indicating that only 50 of the 700 or more city contractors covered by the year-old ordinance have filed evidence that they are paying living wages. The ordinance requires city contractors to pay workers at least $7.25 an hour with benefits or $8.50 without benefits. Tuttle sent a letter to city department heads Tuesday warning that, beginning July 1, his office will not approve payments to city contractors unless the department head certifies that the contractor is complying with the ordinance. ``It's a city policy and it ought to be enforced,'' Tuttle said, adding that the action is similar to the way his office enforces requirements that city contractors have insurance and a business license. City Council members agreed that stronger enforcement is needed. ``We as a city have taken a position on the living-wage ordinance, and a lot of our contractors are slowly but surely coming into that system,'' said Councilman Mike Hernandez. ``The fact that we chose to contract out does not justify us not complying with the living-wage ordinance.'' The council's motion also asks for a detailed report on how many old contracts are being extended without the living-wage requirements rather than being rebid re·bid v. re·bid, re·bid·den or re·bid, re·bid·ding, re·bids v.tr. 1. Games To bid (a previously bid suit) again in bridge. 2. - which would trigger the ordinance's provisions. General managers would be judged on their level of cooperation with the ordinance as part of their performance evaluation Performance evaluation The assessment of a manager's results, which involves, first, determining whether the money manager added value by outperforming the established benchmark (performance measurement) and, second, determining how the money manager achieved the calculated return for merit pay Noun 1. merit pay - extra pay awarded to an employee on the basis of merit (especially to school teachers) pay, remuneration, salary, wage, earnings - something that remunerates; "wages were paid by check"; "he wasted his pay on drink"; "they saved a quarter of all raises, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. the motion. Mayor Richard Riordan Richard J. Riordan (born May 1, 1930) is a Republican politician from California, U.S. who served as the California Secretary of Education from 2003–2005 and as Mayor of Los Angeles from 1993–2001. Riordan ran for Governor of California unsuccessfully in 2002. , who vetoed the ordinance, only to have his veto overridden by the council, said through a spokesman that the city's Public Works Department Many governments worldwide have had departments or ministries referred to as the Public Works Department either formally or informally. In Australia: - New South Wales -
``The Mayor's Office is always concerned when bureaucrats add procedural belts on top of suspenders when adequate processes exist,'' said Deane Leavenworth, a spokesman for the mayor. |
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