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City of Seattle Announces the Grocery Employee Hazard Pay Ordinance to take Effect February 3, 2021

…Oakland, Montebello, and Los Angeles County. For full details about the GEHP Ordinance and to view the language of the law, please visit the OLS website at https://www.seattle.gov/laborstandards/ordinances/grocery-employee-hazard-pay. Grocery store employees who believe they have been denied…

Mayor Durkan Signs Fare Share Wage Ordinance to Ensure Uber and Lyft Drivers are Paid Fairly

…campaign to achieve today’s victory for fair pay,” said Peter Kuel, President of Drivers Union and an Uber and Lyft driver since 2013. “In that time, we’ve suffered pay cut…

Minimum Compensation Established by Fare Share Wage Ordinance in effect as of January 2021

SEATTLE (January 4, 2021) – On January 1, 2021, the minimum compensation requirements established by Seattle’s Fare Share Wage Ordinance went into effect. This new ordinance ensures all drivers are paid a fair wage, guarantees that drivers are paid for…

Mayor Durkan Proposes Fare Share Wage Ordinance to Ensure Uber and Lyft Drivers are Paid Fairly

…Lyft drivers to ensure all drivers are paid at least the Seattle minimum wage plus reasonable expenses. Preliminary analysis suggests the new wage standard would improve pay for 84 percent…

As Omicron Surges, Mayor Durkan Announces Veto for City Council’s Repeal of Grocery Worker Hazard Pay

…Council to not lift hazard pay for grocery workers as Delta was emerging, and now as Omicron is newly emerging, one of my last actions as Mayor will be to protect this critical pay for our frontline workers.” In February…

Labor Day Marks Six-Years of Seattle’s Paid Sick and Safe Time Ordinance with More Than $500,000 in Assessed Remedies and Penalties

Bright Horizons agreed to a settlement providing workers more than 1,000 PSST accrual hours and over $50,000 in backpay and other remedies Seattle – (August 31, 2018) – On September…

City of Seattle Reaches Tentative Agreements with Coalition of City Unions, Seattle Fire Fighters Union Local 27 and IBEW Local 77 Regarding Vaccine Requirement, COVID-19 Frontline Worker Pay, and Return to Worksite

…the vaccination process by October 18 and use applicable leave until they become fully vaccinated. The second TA establishes Frontline Worker Pay for employees who were on payroll on or…

Past Time for Respect and Relief for Grocery Store Workers

…our community. It’s why many cities in California have already enacted a hazard pay ordinance. As we move forward with hazard pay, signing this bill into law on February 3, we also must move…

Mayor Durkan Signs Ordinance Designating Mount Zion Baptist Church a Seattle Landmark

Seattle (June 6) – Mayor Jenny A. Durkan signed the landmark designation ordinance for Mount Zion Baptist Church located at 1634 Rev. Dr. S. McKinney Avenue. This new landmark joins…

Mayor Durkan Signs New Business Tax Ordinance to Address Homelessness Crisis

Seattle (May 16) – Shortly after the City Clerk transmitted the ordinance, Seattle Mayor Jenny A. Durkan signed into law a new tax on large businesses to help address Seattle’s…