Examples of Living Wage Laws in a sentence
If an employer has more than one Port Contract, but fewer than 21 employees working under any one of these contracts, the number of employees is the aggregate of the number of employees working for the same employer under all of its contracts that would in all other respects qualify as a Port Contract covered under the Living Wage Laws.
An employee who spends less than 25 percent of his work time with the employer on Port-Related Employment, provided that a Covered Employer may not split an employee’s working time between Port-Related Employment and non-Port Related Employment or place an employee on temporary employment for the purpose or with the intent of making the employee ineligible for coverage by the Living Wage Laws.
The Board of Commissioners, in its discretion, may grant waiver of the living wage requirements upon application by a Covered Employer in accordance with Living Wage Laws and with these Regulations.
If an Agreement is amended or renewed, the amended or renewed agreement shall be reviewed by SRD in the same manner set forth above for reviewing all other Agreements for determining applicability of the Living Wage Laws; provided however “amendment” for the purposes of the Living Wage Laws shall trigger review for applicability only if the amendment confers some benefit on to the party contracting with the Port that the party would not have received without the amendment.
Employees who are parties to a valid Collective Bargaining Agreement may collectively waive their rights under the Living Wage Laws.
A Covered Employer shall not discharge, reduce the compensation of or otherwise discriminate against any person for making a Complaint to the Port, participating in any of its proceedings, using any civil remedies to enforce his or her rights, or otherwise asserting his or her rights under the Living Wage Laws and these Regulations.
For purposes of Living Wage Laws and these Regulations, a “reasonable request” for documents or inspection shall include those requests that give the Covered Employer a reasonable amount of time for a response, and that allow a Covered Employer to protect employee confidentiality without interfering with information necessary to respond to the request.
Any waiver by an Eligible Employee of any of the provisions of the Living Wage Laws or these Regulations shall be deemed contrary to public policy and shall be void and unenforceable, except that employees shall not be barred from entering into a written Valid Collective Bargaining Agreement waiving a provision of the Living Wage Laws if such waiver is set forth in clear and unambiguous terms.
Agreements involving the expenditure of grant or special funds received by the Port shall be considered not covered if the application of Living Wage Laws would violate the terms of the grant or any rule of the grantor agency that requires compensation lower than the living wage requirement; and/or, if the Port would be required to use Port’s own monies to supplement the grant or special funds in order to maintain the current level of services, such agreement is generally not covered.
Contracts for the settlement of legal proceedings are exempt from the Living Wage Laws, and those for urgent or specialized litigation advice may be exempt from Living Wage Laws if it is in the best interests of the Port to exempt such contracts.