Board Chairman Nathan Fletcher, who originally proposed upgrading subcontracting policies, says subcontractor transparency 'is vital to protecting workers and ensuring project work sites are safe and completed correctly by a skilled workforce.'
The updated ordinance mandates collection of the following information before a subcontractor is onsite:subcontractor work start and end datesverification of Occupational Safety and Health Administration or wage violationsspecial safety licenses or training requirements for a subcontractor's scope of workbuilding permits for new commercial or residential tracts and multifamily construction projects , commercial tenant improvement projects over 10,000 square feet and projects associated with...
Last month, supervisors voted 4-1 in favor of additions to the two ordinances, as part of a first reading. Desmond at that time said further regulation will only slow badly needed housing projects and increase costs."There are too many subcontractors that prey on working families and use exploitation as a business model," said Doug Hicks, regional manager for the Southwest Regional Council of Carpenters.
Frank Lopez, an official with CWA Local 9509, said his group commended supervisors and county staff"for taking action on an issue that affects both workers and the public." He said that low-road subcontracting"is a huge problem in the telecom industry, affecting work quality, worker safety and public safety."
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