Kansas City's Living Wage ordinance (Ord. 110830) requires city contractors and recipients of significant tax incentives, including downtown hotel TIF projects, to pay above-market wages to covered employees on assisted projects.
Ordinance 110830 establishes a Living Wage policy for businesses contracting with the City and certain recipients of TIF, STIF, or Chapter 353 abatements. Hotels receiving substantial public subsidy must pay covered workers a wage indexed annually, typically tied to federal poverty guidelines for a family of three. The policy reaches concession workers at city-owned facilities like KCI Airport and the Convention Center. Missouri's preemption of local minimum wage under §285.055 limits broad application, but contract-based wage floors survive because they tie to a procurement nexus rather than a general labor mandate. Compliance is monitored by the City Manager's office.
Contract breach allows clawback of subsidies, debarment from future city contracts, and back-wage liability to affected workers.
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Kansas City has no general hotel worker retention ordinance requiring new owners to keep existing staff after a sale, unlike Los Angeles or New York. Retenti...
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Missouri Revised Statutes §285.055 prohibits Kansas City from setting a minimum wage above the state floor of $12.30 per hour, indexed annually. A 2017 court...
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