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Amending Sections 3.45(5)(b) and (22), creating new Section 3.45(23) and renumbering current Sections 3.45(23) and (24) to (24) and (25), respectively through (16) of the Madison General Ordinances to modify portions of the minimum wage ordinance and to establish remedies for violations of the ordinance.
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The Common Council of the City of Madison do hereby ordain as follows:
1. Subdivision (b) of Subsection (5) entitled "Adjustment of Minimum Wage Rate and Authority to Administer Minimum Wage Provisions" of Section 3.45 entitled "Minimum Wage Ordinance" of the Madison General Ordinances is amended to read as follows:
"(b) The Commission shall have the authority to investigate, adjudicate and dispose of any complaint filed alleging a violation of this ordinance. If the Commission finds that the Respondent has violated this ordinance, it shall make written findings and order such action by the Respondent as will redress the injury done to the Complainant, bring the Respondent into compliance with the ordinance and generally effectuate the purpose of this ordinance. Such investigations, adjudications and dispositions shall be made as provided under the procedures set forth in Sec. 3.23(10)(c), M.G.O., for the investigation and disposition of complaints filed under the Ordinances, Sec. 3.23, M.G.O. Any person may file with the Commission a complaint that the wages paid to employees for whom a minimum wage has been established are less than that rate, and the Commission shall investigate the matter and take all proceedings steps necessary to enforce the payment of a wage not less than the minimum wage.
However, the Commission shall not accept any complaint filed more than two years after the date of the alleged violation of this ordinance. Where it is determined that an employer has violated the provisions of this Minimum Wage Ordinance, in addition to the penalty provisions provided herein any em...
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