Enforcing $15 wage: Job unfilled a week before law goes into effect
In November, the Seattle City Council looked ahead to the new minimum wage law and approved the creation of an Office of Labor Standards within Seattle’s Office of Civil Rights. The office is generally tasked with ensuring fair working conditions, safety and general labor standards, but its establishment was with a specific eye toward enforcing Seattle’s minimum wage ordinance, set to begin taking effect on April 1.
With less than a week until the minimum wage goes up to $11 an hour at the largest companies, however, the office does not have a director…