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Staff Report for Adoption of a Local Minimum Wage Ordinance
Staffreport
SUMMARY AND RECOMMENDATIONS
Per the direction provided by the City Council at its June 13 work session, staff recommends the City Council consider the attached local minimum wage ordinance, to be effective July 1, 2017
BACKGROUND & ANALYSIS
A San Leandro minimum wage ordinance went through extensive discussion by the City Council Finance Committee over the course of seven monthly meetings beginning in October, 2015. A range of studies and analyses were presented to the Finance Committee and comments were provided by the public. A summary of the comments, and analyses presented to the Finance Committee was provided to the City Council at its June 13 2016 regular meeting as part of a publicly-noticed work session dedicated entirely to the topic of minimum wage. Following public testimony and discussion by the Council at that work session, the City Council directed staff to develop and present for the Council's consideration a local ordinance that would accelerate implementation of the state's new minimum wage requirements, as outlined below.
Per the direction of the Council, the proposed ordinance would require that, beginning July 1, 2017, all employers in the City of San Leandro (regardless of the number of employees) must pay their employees a minimum wage of no less than $12.00 per hour. The minimum wage will then increase by one dollar per hour on July 1st of each subsequent year until achieving an hourly rate of $15.00 per hour on July 1, 2020, as outlined in the below schedule:
Minimum Wage Effective Date
$12/hour July 1, 2017
$13/hour July 1, 2018
$14/hour July 1, 2019
$15/hour July 1, 2020
It should also be noted that should the statewide minimum wage for businesses of any size eventually meet or exceed ...
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