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J 7 Excerpts from the Baltimore City Code Article 1, 26A (d)(1)(i) A service worker shall not be paid less than the amount established by the Board of Estimates for the prevailing minimum hourly wage rate for a service contract. (d)(1)(ii) A copy of the prevailing minimum hourly wage rate for the service contract shall be kept posted by the service contractor at the site of the work in a prominent place where it can be easily seen and read by the service workers... (d)(2) The service contractor shall pay the service worker compensation at the overtime rates established by the Board of Estimates, which shall not be less than one and one- half times the regular hourly rate of pay, for all hours worked in excess of eight hours in any work day, or forty hours in any work week. (d)(3) In the event that any service worker is paid less than the compensation to which the service worker is entitled to under this section, the service contractor shall make restitution to the service worker for the amount due, and shall forfeit and pay to the City a penalty in the amount of$50 per day for each employee so underpaid... (d)(4) On recommendation of the Wage Commission when a service contractor has paid fines on more than 3 contracts in a 2 year period, the Board of Estimates may prohibit a service contract vendor from participating in the bid process for.up to 3 years. (d)(5) Any service worker may within 1 year from the date of the incident file a protest in writing with the Wage Commission objecting to the amount of wages paid for services performed by the service worker on a service contract as being less than the prevailing minimum hourly wage rate for such services. (d)(5)(i) A service contractor shall not discharge, reduce the compensation or otherwise discriminate against any such service worker for making a complaint to the Wage Commission, participating in any of its proceedings or using any civil remedies. (g)(3) In the event the Board of Estimates shall determine upon recommendation from the Wage Commission after note and hearing that any service contractor has failed to pay the minimum wage rate or has otherwise violated the provisions of this heading and that such failure was intentional, no contract shall be awarded to such service contractor, or to any person in which such service contractor has an interest until 1 year has elapsed from the date of determination, and provided, further, that any such intentional violation of the provisions of this heading shall be a misdemeanor, punishable upon conviction by a fine of not more than $500... (h)(3) The ongoing goal is to achieve a rate which exceeds the poverty level as defined in the index. For the first four years of the effective date of the ordinance, the City's goal is to phase in an hourly wage rate of$7.70 by fiscal year 1999, using the following timetable: 1996 $6.10 1997 $6.60 1998 $7.10 1999 $7.70 (additional sections describe monitoring, reporting, investigations, and sanctions.)