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.
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