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Nov 26, 2014

UPDATE: San Francisco Board of Supervisors Passes Retail Workers’ Bill of Rights At Confirmation Vote

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Last week, we blogged that the San Francisco Board of Supervisors tentatively and unanimously passed the Retail Workers’ Bill of Rights, which requires certain employers to (a) offer additional hours of work to current part-time employees before hiring new employees or subcontracting, (b) retain employees for 90 days upon transfer of the establishment, and (c) make a post-sale written job offer to certain individuals on a retention list (text of the legislation is here and here). The legislation was subject to a confirmation vote yesterday, November 25. We attended the scheduled confirmation vote yesterday. The legislation passed unanimously (10-0). 

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