File #: OR-2020-0027    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Ordinance Status: Enacted
File created: 11/5/2020 In control: City Clerk
On agenda: Final action: 12/21/2020
Title: ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO PROTECT JOB SECURITY FOR HOSPITALITY EMPLOYEES DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC BY ESTABLISHING A WORKER'S RIGHT TO RECALL HOTEL EMPLOYEES AND ENSURING THAT NEW HAVEN HOTEL EMPLOYERS HONOR THEIR FORMERLY LAID OFF EMPLOYEES BY RETURNING THEM TO WORK IN THEIR PREVIOUSLY HELD POSITIONS OR IN NEW POSITIONS AVAILABLE WITH QUALIFIED TRAINING.
Attachments: 1. Worker's Recall Checklist, 2. WR Prior Notification Form, 3. Worker's Recall BOA Cover Letter, 4. Worker's Recall Ordinance, 5. 201201 LEG Hospitality Employment During COVID-19 Pandemic Report, 6. Public Testimony_Worker Recall_Andrew Giering, 7. Public Testimony_Worker Recall_Caroline Tanbee Smith, 8. Public Testimony_Worker Recall_Chelsea Connery and Fatima Rojas, 9. Public Testimony_Worker Recall_Professor Ruqaiijah Yearby, 10. Public Testimony_Worker Recall_Semilla Collective Testimony
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ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO PROTECT JOB SECURITY FOR HOSPITALITY EMPLOYEES DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC BY ESTABLISHING A WORKER'S RIGHT TO RECALL HOTEL EMPLOYEES AND ENSURING THAT NEW HAVEN HOTEL EMPLOYERS HONOR THEIR FORMERLY LAID OFF EMPLOYEES BY RETURNING THEM TO WORK IN THEIR PREVIOUSLY HELD POSITIONS OR IN NEW POSITIONS AVAILABLE WITH QUALIFIED TRAINING.
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WHEREAS, COVID-19 (also known as the "Coronavirus Disease") is a highly contagious respiratory disease which has now spread across the globe, with multiple confirmed cases in Connecticut, including the City of New Haven; and

WHEREAS, on January 31, 2020, the United States Secretary of Health and Human Services declared a public health emergency based on the threat caused by COVID-19, and the President of the United States issued a Proclamation Declaring a National Emergency Concerning COVID-19 beginning March 1, 2020; and

WHEREAS, on March 12, 2020 the Honorable Ned Lamont, Governor of the State of Connecticut declared a civil preparedness and public health emergency based on the threat to public health caused by COVID-19; and

WHEREAS, on March 13, 2020, the Honorable Justin Elicker, Mayor of New Haven, pursuant to Connecticut General Statutes Sections 28-8a(a), 28-1(8), and 28-22, and Chapter 11, Section 11-23 et seq. of the Code of General Ordinances of the City of New Haven, declared a civil preparedness and public health emergency based on the threat to the public health caused by COVID-1,; and

WHEREAS, the World Health Organization announced on March 11, 2020, that it had characterized COVID-19 as a pandemic; and

WHEREAS, the City of New Haven is vested with police powers to make and enforce regulations to promote the peace, safety, good government and welfare of the municipality and its inhabitants pursuant to Connecticut General Statues Sec. 7-148(7)(H)(xiii); and

WHEREAS, since the declaration of a national public health emergency on January 31, 2020, the COVID-19 pandemi...

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