Common use of Core Workforce Clause in Contracts

Core Workforce. 7.9.1 The parties recognize the County's interest in promoting competition and inclusion of Local Small Business Enterprise {LSBE), Disabled Veteran Business Enterprise (DVBE) and Social Enterprise (SE), which may not be signatory to a current MLA. In order to promote participation and attract certified LSBEs/DVBEs/SEs to work under this Agreement, any Employer that has been certified as an LSBE, DBVE or SE may first employ three (3) of its core employees prior to employing an employee through the appropriate Union hiring hall. The next (fourth) employee shall be hired from the appropriate union hiring hall and thereafter, such Employer may employ, as needed, two (2) additional core employees in the alternating manner provided in Section 7.9.2. Thereafter all additional employees in the affected trade or craft shall be requested and referred from the appropriate Union hiring hall. This Section 7.9.1 shall also apply to companies employing Building/Construction Inspectors and/or Field Soils and Material Testers {Inspectors) which are not directly signatory to a current MLA and who are providing Inspectors on a Covered Project through a contract directly with the County, whether or not that company is an LSBE, DBVE and SE. 7.9.2 Employers who are not certified as LSBE, DVBE or SE, and who are not otherwise signatory to a current MLA, may employ, as needed, first, a Core Employee, then an employee through a referral from the appropriate Union hiring hall, then a second Core Employee, then a second employee through the referral system, and so on until a maximum of five (5) Core Employees are employed, thereafter, all additional employees in the affected trade or craft shall be requested and referred from the appropriate Union hiring hall in accordance with this Article. 7.9.3 Except for certified LSBE, DVBE and SE, and Local Residents or Targeted Workers, in the laying off of employees, the number of Core Employees shall not exceed one-half plus one of the workforce for an Employer with ten ( I 0) or fewer employees, assuming the remaining employees are qualified to undertake the work available. 7.9.4 Section 7.9 only applies to Employers who are not directly signatory to a current MLA for the craft worker in its employ and is not intended to limit the transfer provisions of the MLA of any trade. As part of this process, and in order to facilitate the contract administration procedures, as well as appropriate fringe benefit fund coverage, all Employers shall require their Core Employees and any other persons employed other than through the referral process, to register with the appropriate Union hiring hall, ifany, prior to their first day ofemployment working under the Construction Contract at the project site. 7.9.5 Prior to each Employer performing any work on a Covered Project, each Employer shall provide a list of his Core Employees to the Project Labor Coordinator and the Council. Failure to do so will prohibit the Employer from using any Core Employees for 30 calendar days after the list is provided. Upon request by any Party to this Agreement, the Employer hiring any Core Employee shall provide satisfactory proof(i.e., payroll records, quarterly tax records and such other documentation) evidencing the Core Employee's qualification as a Core Employee to the Project Labor Coordinator and the Council.