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San Francisco Labor Laws for City Vendors

A workshop for vendors doing business with the City and County of San Francisco

Presented by the Office of Labor Standards Enforcement (OLSE)

LIMITED SPACE AVAILABLE - REGISTER AT www.olseworkshop.eventbrite.com

TUESDAY, MAY 15, 2018

9:00 AM TO 12:00 PM

This workshop is co-sponsored by the San Francisco International Airport, the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission, and the San Francisco Department of Public Works.

The purpose of the workshop is to help City vendors (prime and subcontractors) understand their responsibilities to comply with wage, healthcare, paid-time off and other requirements. The content will be of interest to human resource directors and/or compliance staff. During the workshop, OLSE staff will be available in the lobby for individual technical assistance consultations.

The workshop will cover the following:

·              Minimum Compensation Ordinance

·              Health Care Accountability Ordinance

·              Prevailing Wage – 21C

·              Minimum Wage

·              Paid Sick Leave

·              Paid Parental Leave

·              Health Care Security Ordinance

·              Fair Chance Ordinance

·              Family Friendly Workplace Ordinance

·              Lactation in the Workplace

·              Consideration of Salary History

The event takes place at the San Francisco Main Library, 100 Larkin St. (x-Grove), Koret Auditorium (lower level). Enter at 30 Grove St. and proceed downstairs. PLEASE: No food or beverages allowed in the auditorium.

Questions

Beverly Popek

beverly.popek@sfgov.org

(415) 554-6238

Sign up for the MCO/HCAO Email Notification List at: http://sfgov.org/olse/email-sign-hcao-mco

Asian American Architects and Engineers (AAAE) wishes to express our deepest sorrow and sadness about the passing of Mayor Edwin Lee. Mayor Lee has been a great long-time supporter and friend of AAAE and a longtime advocate for equal opportunities for minority and women owned firms. He has also inspired many Asian Americans for civil service and elected offices.

Mayor Lee just spoke at our annual gala dinner last month about his vision and approaches to address affordable housing and needs for transportation infrastructure in the City and the region.

We will miss him!

Our deepest condolences to the Lee family.

Link to Eventbrite: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/ed2-international-presents-poetic-place-making-exhibition-dates-added-tickets-37088290074

"Poetic Place-Making" celebrates 40 years of ED2 International's award-winning architectural work. Featuring a display of some of the company's signature designs, this exhibit illustrates the harmonic confluence of art, space and collaboration. Discover the creative evolution of how a space becomes a meaningful place.

The San Francisco Airport Commission & Airport Director Ivar C. Satero cordially invite

Industry Trade Associations and Chambers of Commerce to attend a presentation and luncheon

DOING BUSINESS AT

San Francisco International Airport

Wednesday, May 17, 2017

11:00 am - 1:30 pm

Aviation Museum

International Terminal, Departures Level

Adjacent to Boarding Area “A”

Seating is limited and pre-registration is required.

Please RSVP by May 10, 2017 to sfo.asbao@flysfo.com.

For more information, contact Dana Lang, Small Business Affairs Officer at (650) 821-5021.

Parking will be validated. Use International Terminal Parking Garage A.

Please bring your parking ticket with you.

BART is seeking public comments: in compliance with FTA regulations, BART is posting BART's proposed FFY 2017-2019 Triennial DBE goal and methodology (Report) for 30 days beginning July 1. You can find the pdf of the Report on BART's website, http://www.bart.gov/about/business/ocr.

BART also seeks comments which discuss the availability of DBEs or non-DBEs in BART's market area. If you think the availability differs from our Report, we want to know why that availability may differ from what is discussed in the Report.

Please include the following information with your comments:

* Your name

* Name of your business or organization

* Comment regarding BART's Triennial goal or the Methodology used to obtain the goal.

* Other relevant comment

The goal methodology report will be made available during regular business hours of 8:15 a.m. - 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, at BART Office of Civil Rights, 300 Lakeside Drive - 16th Floor, Oakland CA 94612 for public review and comments for 30 days from July 1, 2016 through July 29, 2016. Comments may be made to Tim Lohrentz by email: tlohren@bart.gov, or mail your written comments to the address above or fax your comments to (510) 464-7585.

The Authority has released an RFQ for Geotechnical Services in the Silicon Valley to Central Valley Line. The RFQ is for a three-year contract not to exceed $28 million. The scope of work includes drilling, trenching, laboratory and field testing, geophysical surveys and associated permits, traffic control, spoils handling, hazardous materials assessments, seismic analysis, assessment of tunneling conditions, foundations analysis, water table analysis, slope stabilization, subsurface investigation plan, and preparation of geotechnical data and fault crossing displacement reports.

Please see the Pre-Bid notification here: HSR15_172_Geo_Tech_PreBidFlyer_062916.pdf

More information related to the RFQ can be found here: http://hsr.ca.gov/About/Doing_Business_with_HSR/contracts_for_bid.html

Contact:

Alice Rodriguez
Small Business Advocate
California High-Speed Rail Authority
Cell: (916) 717-6076
Office: (916) 330-5672
www.hsr.ca.gov

Please participate in BART's important Disparity Study that directly affects how the district awards business to its many contractors. 

If you have already participated in this survey, thank you very much for your time. If you have not, we ask that you take a moment to complete this survey to share your opinions.

To access the survey, please click here.

CLOSING SOON: Written Testimony for Caltrans Disparity Study 

The deadline to submit written testimony for Caltrans’ Disparity Study is by close of business on March 15, 2016.

We encourage you to participate in our Study by sharing your experience working in the California public highway construction and professional service industries. 

CALTRANS’ 2015 DISPARITY STUDY – Request for Written Testimony

What is a Disparity Study?

• Examines participation of minority- and women-owned businesses in public contracting
• Measures the availability of minority- and women-owned businesses for public contracts
• Assesses local marketplace conditions for small businesses and minority- and women-owned businesses

BBC Research & Consulting, Caltrans' Disparity Study (Study) consultant, is gathering anecdotal information for the Study.

Caltrans encourages you to submit written testimony to share:

• Your experiences working in the local marketplace
  
• Your personal accounts and perceptions of incidents – including incidents of discrimination
  
• Ways Caltrans can better support small, minority-, and women-owned businesses

Please e-mail your written testimony to Caltrans.2015Disparity@bbcresearch.com.

You may also forward your testimony via US Mail to Caltrans’ Disparity Study, OBEO, 1823 14th Street, Sacramento CA 95811 or via fax to Caltrans’ Disparity Study at 916.324.1869. (Your personal information will remain confidential to the extent permitted by law.) The deadline to submit testimony is March 15, 2016.

Questions about the Study may also be e-mailed to Caltrans.2015Disparity@bbcresearch.com.