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File #: 25-0744    Version: 1
Type: Bill Status: Passed
File created: 5/13/2025 In control: Finance & Governance Committee
On agenda: 6/9/2025 Final action: 6/20/2025
Title: A bill for an ordinance amending Chapter 58 of the Code reconstituting the minimum wage special trust fund as the wage trust fund and in connection therewith authorizing additional duties for the auditor. Amends Chapter 58 of the Denver Revised Municipal Code to remove the special minimum wage fund and create a new wage trust fund for the purpose of receiving revenues derived from employers and other persons ordered to locate and pay worker for civil wage theft and minimum wage violations, and allow the auditor to provide funding to support to non-profit organizations who conduct educational campaigns and outreach efforts regarding wage violations. The Committee approved filing this item at its meeting on 5-27-2025.
Sponsors: Jamie Torres, Stacie Gilmore
Attachments: 1. Wage Theft Fund - v. 7.pdf, 2. Wage Justice Funds Powerpoint.pdf, 3. 25-0744_Filed Resolution_Wage Theft, 4. 25-0744_Filed Resolution_Wage Theft.pdf, 5. 25-0744.pdf, 6. 25-0744 For an ordinance amending chapter 58 of the Code reconstituting the minimum

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A bill for an ordinance amending Chapter 58 of the Code reconstituting the minimum wage special trust fund as the wage trust fund and in connection therewith authorizing additional duties for the auditor.

Amends Chapter 58 of the Denver Revised Municipal Code to remove the special minimum wage fund and create a new wage trust fund for the purpose of receiving revenues derived from employers and other persons ordered to locate and pay worker for civil wage theft and minimum wage violations, and allow the auditor to provide funding to support to non-profit organizations who conduct educational campaigns and outreach efforts regarding wage violations. The Committee approved filing this item at its meeting on 5-27-2025.

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