ORD 21-920 - Sunsetting of Hazard Pay for Grocery WorkersORDINANCE NO.21-920
AN ORDINANCE of the City of Federal Way, Washington, sunsetting
uncodified Ordinance No. 21-912, as amended by 21-913, relating to
hazard pay for grocery workers in response to the emergency situation
created by COVID-19.
WHEREAS, the City Council adopted Ordinance No. 21-912 on May 4, 2021, establishing
hazard pay for grocery store workers in response to the emergency situation created by COVID-19,
finding it protected the public health of the people of the City of Federal Way to require employers of
grocery store workers to provide increased pay to their frontline workers during this pandemic,
helped workers to afford to take sick leave, encouraged grocery workers to continue working to
provide the public with food, incentivized grocery workers to protect their health and the public's
health, and protected the public and other workers from illness; and
WHEREAS, Ordinance No. 21-912 was not codified in the City Code as it was a temporary
measure adopted due to an emergency, and was amended by Ordinance No. 21-913 on June 1, 2021.
WHEREAS, the City Council included provisions in Ordinance No. 21-912 stating its
intention to end the requirement for hazard pay for grocery workers at the Regular Council Meeting
on August 10, 2021, if it did not determine a need to extend hazard pay beyond 90 days at its Regular
Council Meeting held on July 6, 2021.
WHEREAS, the City Council debated the continued need for hazard pay for grocery store
workers at its Regular Council Meeting on July 6, 2021, and directed staff to prepare an ordinance
sunsetting hazard pay on August 10, 2021.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FEDERAL WAY,
WASHINGTON, DO ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
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2021.
Section 1. Uncodified Ordinance No. 21-912, as amended, hereby sunsets on August 10,
Section 2. Corrections. The City Clerk and the codifiers of this ordinance are authorized to
make necessary corrections to this ordinance including, but not limited to, the correction of
scrivener/clerical errors, references, ordinance numbering, section/subsection numbers and any
references thereto.
Section 3. Effective Date. This ordinance shall take effect immediately.
PASSED by the City Council of the City of Federal Way this 1 Oth day of August, 2021.
CITY OF FEDERAL WAY:
LL, MAYOR
ATTEST:
SW-PRAX-NIECOURTNEY4MC, CITY CLERK
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
J. RYAN CALL, CITY ATTORNEY
FILED WITH THE CITY CLERK: 07/14/2021
PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL: 08/10/2021
PUBLISHED: 08/13/2021
EFFECTIVE DATE: 08/10/2021
ORDINANCE NO.: 21-920
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