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b. A fine of two hundred fifty dollars ($250.00) may be assessed for any of the following violations of this Chapter: i. Failure to post notice of the Minimum Wage rate ii. Failure to provide notice of investigation to Employee iii. Failure to maintain payroll records for four years iv. Failure to allow the City access to payroll records c. A fine equal to the total amount of appropriate remedies, pursuant to subsection E of this section. Any and all money collected in this way that is the rightful property of an Employee, such as back wages, interest, and civil penalty payments, shall be disbursed by the City in a prompt manner. 2. Alternatively, the City may pursue administrative remedies in accordance with the following procedures: a. Whenever the City determines that a violation of any provision of this Chapter is occurring or has occurred, the City may issue a written compliance order to the Employer responsible for the violation. b. A compliance order issued pursuant to this Chapter shall contain the following information: i. The date and location of the violation; ii. A description of the violation; iii. The actions required to correct the violation; iv. The time period after which administrative penalties will begin to accrue if compliance with the order has not been achieved; v. Either a copy of this Chapter or an explanation of the consequences of noncompliance with this Chapter and a description of the hearing procedure and appeal process; vi. A warning that the compliance order shall become final unless a written request for hearing before the City is received within seven calendar days of receipt of the compliance order. c. Following receipt of a timely request for a hearing, the City shall provide the Employer responsible for the violation with a hearing. During the pendency of the hearing and any subsequent appellate process, the City will not enforce any aspect of the compliance order. 3. The City may initiate a civil action for injunctive relief and damages and civil penalties in a court of competent jurisdiction. B. Any person aggrieved by a violation of this Chapter may bring a civil action in a court of competent jurisdiction against the Employer or other person violating this Chapter and, upon prevailing, shall be awarded reasonable attorneys' fees and costs and shall be entitled to such legal or equitable relief as may be appropriate to remedy the violation including, without limitation, the payment of any back wages unlawfully withheld, the payment of an additional sum as a civil penalty in the amount of $25.00 to each Employee or person whose rights under this Chapter were violated for each day that the violation occurred or continued, reinstatement in employment and/or injunctive relief. Provided, however, that any person or entity enforcing this Chapter on behalf of the public as provided for under applicable state law shall, upon prevailing, be entitled only to equitable, injunctive or restitutionary relief to employees, and reasonable attorneys' fees and costs. C. This Section shall not be construed to limit an Employee's right to bring legal action for a violation of any other laws concerning wages, hours, or other standards or rights nor shall exhaustion of remedies under this Chapter be a prerequisite to the assertion of any right. ORDINANCE NO. 2016-010 5