§ 2-386. Employee retention.

In the event that any service contractor or county economic development assistance contract for an amount greater than fifty thousand dollars ($50,000.00) is terminated by the county prior to its expiration, any new contract with a subsequent service contractor or county economic development assistance recipient for those same services shall include the following term:

Contractor/economic development assistance recipient shall make best efforts to offer employment to qualified employees of the prior contractor/economic development assistance recipient for the performance of this contract. Such efforts shall not be required in regard to employees who are (a) exempt under the Fair Labor Standards Act, (b) family members of prior contractor/economic development assistance recipient, (c) employed by prior contractor for less than six (6) months, or (d) convicted of a job-related or workplace crime. Upon request by the county, the contractor/economic development assistance recipient shall demonstrate to the satisfaction of the county administrator or designee that contractor/economic development assistance recipient has made good faith efforts to comply with this provision.

( Ord. No. 6139, § II , 12-15-2015)