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Breakdown of 21 new DCWP staff positions and their responsibilities
1:06:59
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Commissioner Vilda Vera Mayuga provides a detailed breakdown of the 21 new staff positions allocated to DCWP, explaining their distribution across different functions.
- 11 new lines for broker fees and hotel licensing: 7 for enforcement (6 in general counsel, 1 in enforcement unit) and 4 for licensing
- 10 lines for the financial empowerment initiative, distributed across the Office of Financial Empowerment, communications and marketing team, and IT division
Julie Menin
1:06:59
And speaking of that, can you talk about the 21 lines?
1:07:01
How are they gonna be divided up in terms of functionality?
1:07:04
I know that they're gonna be focused on the Safe Hotels Act and the Fair Act.
1:07:08
Could you talk a little bit about what will the breakdown and responsibilities be?
Vilda Vera Mayuga
1:07:13
Sure.
1:07:14
Definitely, we have the 11 new lines for the broker fees and hotel licensing.
1:07:21
I can tell you that out of those eleven, seven are for enforcement, including six with general counsel and one with the enforcement unit, and then four are for licensing.
1:07:32
And then we have the other 10 for the financial empowerment initiative that are a number of them in most of them in OFE, but also in our comms and marketing team and in our IT unit or division.