(update below) Tomorrow afternoon the City Council will likely give final approval to a bill that requires the employers of independent contractors to provide pre-contract written disclosure of contract terms, and to make payments within certain timeframes, and to provide similar written disclosures accompanying payments. It sounds straightforward, but the devil is in the details and the Council is pushing this through despite the misgivings of the city’s own Office of Labor Standards (OLS) and Labor Standards Advisory Commission (LSAC).
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Council looking at new protections for contract workers
Based on recommendations from the city’s Labor Standards Advisory Commission, the City Council is considering draft regulations that would add new requirements for those employing contract workers: pre-contract disclosures, timely payment, and written disclosures to accompany payment.
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