Core Employee Hiring Procedure for SBEs/DVBEs. The Parties recognize Metropolitan’s Business Outreach Program and Board-adopted policies, and Metropolitan’s interest in promoting competition and inclusion of SBEs/DVBEs, which may not be signatory to a current Master Agreement. In order to promote participation and attract SBEs/DVBEs to work under this PLA, and subject to the limitations set forth below, each Contractor that is a SBE/DVBE with twenty-five (25) or less employees at the time they are awarded a Covered Contract may first employ three (3) of its core employees per craft on each Covered Project prior to employing an employee through the appropriate Union hiring hall. The next (fourth) employee shall be hired from the appropriate Union hiring hall and thereafter, such Contractor may employ, as needed, two (2) additional Core Employees in an alternating manner with Union referrals, up to a total of five (5) Core Employees. Thereafter, all additional employees in the affected trade or craft shall be requested and referred from the appropriate Union hiring hall. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Contractors must comply with the State of California Labor Code requirements for the utilization of Apprentices on Covered Projects.
