San Francisco County Municipal Code § 12.7 Exercise

(a) It shall be unlawful for a Hiring Entity or any other person to interfere with, restrain, or deny the exercise of, or the attempt to exercise, any right protected under this Article 12. (b) It shall be unlawful for a Hiring Entity to take any adverse action against any Domestic Worker in retaliation for exercising rights protected under this Article 12, including the right to file a complaint or inform any person about any Hiring Entity’s alleged violation of this Article; the right to cooperate with the Agency in its investigations of alleged violations of this Article; and the right to inform any person of their possible rights under this Article. (c) Protections of this Article 12 shall apply to any person who mistakenly but in good faith alleges violations of this Article. (d) Taking adverse action against a person within 90 days of the person’s filing a complaint with the Agency or a court alleging a violation of any provision of this Article 12; of informing any person about a Hiring Entity’s alleged violation of this Article; of cooperating with the Agency or other persons in the investigation or prosecution of any alleged violation of this Article; of opposing any policy, practice, or act that is unlawful under this Article; or of informing any person of their rights under this Article, shall raise a rebuttable presumption that such adverse action was taken in retaliation for the exercise of one or more of the aforementioned rights. Unless the Hiring Entity rebuts the presumption with clear and convincing evidence that the adverse action was solely for a reason other than retaliation, the Hiring Entity shall be deemed to have violated this Section 12.7. (Added as Police Code Sec. 3300N.7 by Ord. 4-22, File No. 211132, App. 1/13/2022, Eff. 2/13/2022; redesignated by Ord. 221-23, File No. 230835, App. 11/3/2023, Eff. 12/4/2023, Oper. 1/4/2024)