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10 <br />ordinance shall include language in substantial <br />conformance with the following paragraph: <br />In the event of a finding by the County <br />Manager or a judicial officer that any Worker <br />has been paid less than the compensation to <br />which the Worker is entitled under the Orange <br />County Living Wage Ordinance, Contractor <br />shall make restitution to the Worker for the <br />amount due. Contractor shall also pay <br />restitution to the County in the form of <br />liquidated damages in the amount of Fifty <br />Dollars ($50.00) per day for each employee so <br />underpaid, provided, however, that these <br />damages shall not be assessed for wage <br />underpayment violations to any individual <br />which amount to a total of less than One <br />Dollar ($1.00) in any payroll period. Should <br />a Worker be found to have been discriminated <br />against for seeking to enforce the provisions <br />of the Orange County Living Wage Ordinance, <br />and if the Worker has been terminated from <br />employment, he or she shall be reinstated <br />upon an order to do so from the County <br />Manager or a judicial officer. A flyer <br />stating the Orange County Living Wage shall <br />be posted at the workplace of every <br />Contractor in a location easily seen by all <br />employees. <br />(c) When a Contractor has been found to have failed to <br />pay a Living Wage in the course of performing more than <br />three separate Contracts in a two year period, the <br />County Manager may prohibit that Contractor from <br />participating in future Contracts for up to three <br />years. <br />(d) Within one year from the date of work performed on <br />a Contract, a Worker may file a protest in writing with <br />the County Manager claiming that the amount of wages <br />paid to that worker on that Contract was less than the <br />Living Wage at the time the work was performed. <br />