Burlington's Livable Wage Ordinance requires city contractors and recipients of significant city financial assistance to pay a living wage indexed to Vermont's basic-needs budget, well above the state minimum wage.
Burlington's Livable Wage Ordinance, codified in Code Chapter 21 sections, requires that companies contracting with the city above a dollar threshold or receiving substantial city financial assistance pay covered workers a living wage indexed annually based on a basic-needs budget published by the Joint Fiscal Office. Hotel workers are not covered industrywide unless their employer holds such a city contract or assistance package. The ordinance includes annual reporting, enforcement by the Clerk Treasurer, and contract-debarment remedies for noncompliance.
Contract suspension, debarment from future Burlington contracts, back-wage liability to affected workers, and civil penalties enforced by the Clerk Treasurer's office or via private right of action under the ordinance.
See how Burlington's hotel living wage rules stack up against other locations.
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