QUESTION
What is the total number of events the Department of Consumer and Worker Protection (DCWP) has conducted on workers' rights since the Fair Workweek Law was enacted?
0:40:14
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The DCWP has conducted 1,400 events on workers' rights since the Fair Workweek Law was enacted in 2018.
- From 2022 to 2023, the DCWP has conducted around 650 events per year on workers' rights.
- The DCWP is on pace to conduct a similar number of events in 2024.
- The events covered topics such as the Fair Workweek Law, paid safe and sick leave.
Julie Menin
0:40:14
And can you just repeat the total number of events the agency has done since the laws and inception?
Carlos Ortiz
0:40:21
Since the law's inception, we have done 1400 events on workers' rights.
0:40:26
And then when those events were talking about Fair Work Week paid safe and sick leave.
Julie Menin
0:40:31
So just a clarification, if it's 1400 events since the law's inception, I don't understand the figure of 650 events per year?
Carlos Ortiz
0:40:40
Well, that's that figure, 650 events per year is referring to this administration.
0:40:44
So from 2022 to 2023, and we're on pace that in 2024.
0:40:49
The law taking effect in 2018, we were able to that that's where those numbers come from.
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