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File Number: 21-101 <br />WHEREAS, grocery workers working during the COVID-19 emergency merit additional <br />compensation because they are performing hazardous duty due to the significant risk of exposure <br />to the COVID-19 virus. Grocery workers have been working under these hazardous conditions for <br />months. They are working in these hazardous conditions now and will continue to face safety risks <br />as the virus presents an ongoing threat for an uncertain period, potentially resulting in subsequent <br />waves of infection; and <br />WHEREAS, the City of San Leandro has adopted wage and employment ordinances <br />specific to employment sectors in the past; and <br />WHEREAS, the availability of grocery stores is fundamental to the health of the community <br />and is made possible during the COVID-19 emergency because grocery workers are on the <br />frontlines of this devastating pandemic supporting public health, safety, and welfare by working in <br />hazardous situations; and <br />WHEREAS, establishing a requirement for grocery stores to provide premium pay to <br />grocery workers protects public health, supports stable incomes, and promotes job retention by <br />ensuring that grocery workers are compensated for the substantial risks, efforts, and expenses <br />they are undertaking to provide essential services in a safe and reliable manner during the <br />COVID-19 emergency. <br />NOW THEREFORE, the City of San Leandro City Council hereby ORDAINS, as follows: <br />That the document attached hereto, and made a part hereof is hereby adopted. <br />Page 3 City of San Leandro Printed on 2/24/2021