San Francisco County Municipal Code § 81.7 Exercise

(a) It shall be unlawful for any person to interfere with, restrain, or deny the exercise of, or the attempt to exercise, any right protected under this Article 81. (b) It shall be unlawful for an Owner or Covered Contractor to take any adverse action against any employee working on a Project for exercising rights protected under this Article 81, including the right to file a complaint or inform any person about any 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 that person’s possible rights under this Article. (c) Protections of this Article 81 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 alleging a violation of any provision of this Article 81; of informing any person about an 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 that person’s 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 presumption is rebutted with clear and convincing evidence that the adverse action was solely for a reason other than retaliation, the adverse action shall be deemed to violate this Section 81.7. (Added as Police Code Sec. 3300O.7 by Ord. 71-22, File No. 211297, App. 5/6/2022, Eff. 6/6/2022; redesignated by Ord. 221-23, File No. 230835, App. 11/3/2023, Eff. 12/4/2023, Oper. 1/4/2024)