Grocers sue San Leandro over new $5-an-hour hazard pay requirement
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The Safeway store at College and Claremont avenues in Oakland, Calif. on Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2015. Oakland was the first Bay Area city to pass a mandatory pay raise for grocery store workers during the pandemic.Paul Chinn / The Chronicle
The California Grocers Association on Wednesday sued San Leandro, a day after the City Council voted in favor of an immediate and mandatory $5-an-hour pay increase for employees at large grocers that have remained open during the pandemic.
San Leandro is the second city in the Bay Area to be sued by the trade association. The group, which represents most grocery stores in California, sued Oakland on Feb. 3 after a similar measure was passed in the city. The trade group has lawsuits pending against the cities of West Hollywood, Montebello and Long Beach after similar laws mandating supplemental pay for grocery workers were passed.
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Irvine City Council edges toward approving hazard pay for grocery store workers
The ordinance would require large drug and grocery stores to pay employees an extra $4 per hour for the next four months.
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Feb. 10, 2021 7:29 PM PT
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Irvine City Council on Tuesday edged toward temporarily raising grocery workers’ salaries by $4 per hour, following in the footsteps of progressive California cities that champion so-called hero pay.
The ordinance, introduced by newly elected Mayor Farrah Kahn, would apply to large supermarkets and drug stores. Council members Tuesday agreed to modify the stores that would be affected.
Now, qualifying stores must have at least 20 employees and their parent company must employ at least 500 workers nationally, according to Kristina Perrigoue, a spokeswoman for the council. Stores of less than 15,000 square feet are exempt.
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