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File Number: 16-420 <br />shall, upon prevailing, be entitled only to equitable, injunctive or restitutionary relief to <br />employees, and reasonable attorneys’ fees and costs. <br />C.This Section shall not be construed to limit an Employee’s right to bring legal action for <br />a violation of any other laws concerning wages, hours, or other standards or rights nor shall <br />exhaustion of remedies under this Chapter be a prerequisite to the assertion of any right. <br />D. Except where prohibited by state or federal law, City agencies or departments may <br />revoke or suspend any registration certificates, permits or licenses held or requested by the <br />Employer until such time as the violation is remedied. The City shall not renew any such <br />license of an Employer with outstanding violations, as finally determined under this Chapter, <br />until such time as the violation is remedied. <br />E.The remedies for violation of this Chapter include but are not limited to: <br />1.Reinstatement, the payment of back wages unlawfully withheld, and the payment of <br />an additional sum as a civil penalty in the amount of $25.00 to each Employee or person <br />whose rights under this Chapter were violated for each day or portion thereof that the violation <br />occurred or continued, and fines imposed pursuant to other provisions of this Code or state <br />law. <br />2.Interest on all due and unpaid wages at the rate of interest specified in subdivision <br />(b) of Section 3289 of the California Civil Code, which shall accrue from the date that the <br />wages were due and payable as provided in Part 1 (commencing with Section 200) of Division <br />2 of the California Labor Code, to the date the wages are paid in full. <br />3.Reimbursement of the City’s administrative costs of enforcement and attorney’s <br />fees and costs. <br />4.If a repeated violation of this Chapter has been finally determined, the City may <br />require the Employer to pay an additional sum as a civil penalty in the amount of $50.00 to the <br />City for each Employee or person whose rights under this Chapter were violated for each day <br />or portion thereof that the violation occurred or continued, and fines imposed pursuant to <br />other provisions of this Code or state law. <br />F.The remedies, penalties and procedures provided under this Chapter are cumulative <br />and are not intended to be exclusive of any other available remedies, penalties and <br />procedures established by law which may be pursued to address violations of this Chapter. <br />Actions taken pursuant to this Chapter shall not prejudice or adversely affect any other action, <br />civil or criminal, that may be brought to abate a violation or to seek compensation for <br />damages suffered. <br />4-35-1000 Relationship to Other Requirements. <br />This Chapter provides for payment of a local Minimum Wage and shall not be construed to <br />preempt or otherwise limit or affect the applicability of any other law, regulation, requirement, <br />policy or standard that provides for payment of higher or supplemental wages or benefits, or <br />that extends other protections. <br />4-35-1100 Application of Minimum Wage To Welfare-To-Work Programs. <br />The Minimum Wage established under this Chapter shall apply to the Welfare-to-Work <br />programs under which persons must perform work in exchange for receipt of benefits. <br />Participants in Welfare-to-Work Programs within the City of San Leandro shall not, during a <br />given benefits period, be required to work more than a number of hours equal to the value of <br />all cash benefits received during that period, divided by the Minimum Wage. <br />4-35-1200 Fees. <br />Nothing herein shall preclude the City Council from imposing a cost recovery fee on all <br />Page 6 City of San Leandro Printed on 9/13/2016