Labor & Workforce Development Public Hearing

COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA COMMITTEE ON LABOR AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING 1350PennsylvaniaAvenue,NW, Washington, DC 20004 C H A I R P E R S O N E L I S S A S I LV E R M A N COMMITTEE ON LABOR AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT ANNOUNCES A PUBLIC HEARING ON B23-531, Collective Bargaining Fair Compare Amendment Act of 2019 Wednesday, December 4,2019,10:00 a.m. Hearing Room 500, John A. Wilson Building 1350 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20004 Councilmember Elissa Silverman, Chairperson of the Committee on Labor and Workforce Development, announces a public hearing before the Committee on B23-531, Collective Bargaining Fair Compare Amendment Act of 2019. The legislation would amend the comparators that determine what is competitive compensation for the Career, Educational, Legal, Excepted, and Management Supervisory Services. Currently, compensation is competitive if it falls within the range of salaries in the D.C. Standard Metropolitan Statistical Area; under the legislation compensation would be competitive if it falls within the range of compensation of employees in jurisdictions with similar costs of living and working conditions to the District. The hearing will be held at 10 a.m. on Wednesday, December 4,2019, in Room 500 of the John A. Wilson Building. Those who wish to testify before the Committee are asked to contact Ms. Chamisa Royster at labor@,dccouncil.us or (202) 724-7772 by 5:00 p.m. on Monday, December 2,2019, to provide their name, address, telephone number, organizational affiliation and title (if any), as well as the language of oral interpretation, if any, they require. Witnesses who anticipate needing language interpretation, or require sign language interpretation, are requested to inform the Labor Committee of the need as soon as possible, but no later than five (5) business days before the proceeding, or by 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday, November 26,2019. Those wishing to testify are encouraged, but not required, to bring 15 copies of written testimony to the hearing. Those representing organizations will have five minutes to present their testimony, and other individuals will have three minutes to present their testimony; less time will be allowed if there are a large number of witnesses. If a member of the public is unable to testify at the hearing, written statements will be made a part of the official record. Written statements should be submitted by email to Ms. Royster at labor@dccouncil.us or mailed to the Committee on Labor and Workforce Development, Council of the District of Columbia, Suite 115 of the John A. Wilson Building, 1350 Permsylvania Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20004. The record will close at 5:00 p.m. on Wednesday, December 18, 2019.