The City of Los Angeles TOMORROW at 10am will again review items that seek to take away your private employer hiring rights through their "right of recall" and "worker retention" ordinance. Details below.
The Los Angeles City Council will NOT be voting on an actual ordinance. Instead they will be reviewing the amendments that were presented at the March 27th emergency meeting and direct the city attorney's office to update the draft. This includes a discussion on making this ordinance
PERMANENT, instead of a crisis-only "solution."
The city
MUST hear from the business community. Several city council members are trying to take advantage of the coronavirus pandemic and
pull a major labor power-grab by dictating the hiring practices of businesses.
All 15 Council members must hear from employers ASAP!
TAKE ACTION NOW
Read the Chief Legislative Analysts Report here.
How does it impact you?
The "Right of Recall" ordinance w/ suggested amendments:
- Requires employers to rehire laid-off employees by seniority.
- Applies to businesses with 50 employees or more in the "hospitality" industry (not clearly defined).
- Exempts restaurants.
- Targeted to impact workers who were laid-off retroactively at anytime on or after March 4, 2020.
- Presumes that any termination following March 4, 2020 was for non-disciplinary reasons and incumbent upon the employer to prove that a termination was for disciplinary reasons in court.
- Requires that an employer give former employees 48 hours to respond to a rehire offer. This was originally a 10 day written notice.
- Exempts businesses with a Collective Bargaining Agreement.
- The City Council will discuss making this a permanent ordinance.
The "right of retention" ordinance:
- When a business is sold or purchased by another company, this requires the new owners to retain current employees for at least 90 days.
- If layoffs are needed during the 90 days, the business must lay off in order of seniority (seniority being the last to be laid off).
- Also only applies to businesses with 50 or more employees in the hospitality industry.
- Exemptions for businesses with a Collective Bargaining Agreement.
Click below to send a letter to the LA City Council
telling them you OPPOSE this overreach!
TAKE ACTION NOW
MEETING DETAILS
WHAT: Los Angeles City Council Meeting
WHEN: April 22, 2020, 10am
WHERE: Watch
online here
PUBLIC COMMENT: Members of the public who wish to offer public comment to the Council should call (669) 900-6833 and use Meeting ID No.459 499 150 and then press #. Press # again when prompted for participant ID.
Submit written comment at
LACouncilComment.com.
