Communication2023-1921

Communication from Mayor Ed Gainey, establishing the Office of Equal Protection as the enforcing agency of the Paid Sick Days Act and is hereby requested be read into the record as follows: The Office of the Mayor, which is responsible for the enforcement of the Paid Sick Days Act, seeks to give Council notice of changes to the regulations governing administration of the Act. In accordance with City Code, § 626.02, the enforcing agency is a “department of entity controlled by the Office of the Mayor.” I hereby designate the Office of Equal Protection, established by Ordinance No. 13 of 2023, as the agency responsible for enforcement of the Paid Sick Days Act. The Paid Sick Day Act further provides that the enforcing agency, the Office of Equal Protection, “shall be authorized to coordinate implementation and enforcement of this Chapter and shall promulgate appropriate guidelines and/or regulations for such purposes.” Id. at § 626.02. The Office of Equal Protection hereby promulgates a revised set of appropriate regulations in order to enforce the law, a copy of which is attached.

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