Update: Office of Labor Standards and the Minimum Wage Outreach/Education Program

The report provides a status update on the activities of the Office of Labor Standards, including an update on education and outreach activities related to Flagstaff’s new minimum wage.

BACKGROUND/HISTORY:

On November 8, 2016 City of Flagstaff voters approved Proposition 414, establishing a Flagstaff minimum wage, and on November 28, 2016 the Flagstaff City Council adopted Chapter 15-01 of the City Code, through Ordinance 2016-01, formally enacting the new wage as law.  Chapter 15-01, among other provisions, established an Office to implement and enforce the Chapter, and also ordered that the Office establish an education and outreach program to conduct education and outreach to employees and employers of their rights under the Chapter.  The Office created and designated to implement and enforce Chapter 15-01 is the Office of Labor Standards, a division of the City Manager’s Office.