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The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors Tuesday voted in favor of drafting an ordinance that would require national grocery and drug retailers operating in unincorporated areas of Los Angeles County to pay frontline workers an additional $5 per hour. (Getty Images/iStockphoto)
LOS ANGELES, CA The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors Tuesday voted in favor of drafting an ordinance that would require national grocery and drug retailers operating in unincorporated areas of Los Angeles County to pay frontline workers an additional $5 per hour in hero pay.
Supervisors Hilda Solis and Holly Mitchell co-authored the motion calling for a temporary urgency ordinance that would apply to store chains that are publicly traded or have at least 300 employees nationwide and more than 10 employees per store.
Last year, Kroger raised wages for all front-line workers, as well as other ranks throughout the company.
A local governing body in Los Angeles County has approved a $5 pay increase proposal for front-line grocery workers.
At an L.A. County Board of Supervisors meeting on Jan. 5, Supervisors Hilda Solis and Holly Mitchell put forth a motion to require national grocery and drug retailers operating in unincorporated areas of the county to provide a pay bump for front-line workers.
According to the Los Angeles Times, the proposal applies to publicly traded grocery store or retail drug companies, or companies that have at least 300 employees nationwide and have more than 10 employees per store site.