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Staff Report for an Ordinance That Accelerates Implementation of the Statewide Minimum Wage Requirements in San Leandro
Staffreport
SUMMARY AND RECOMMENDATIONS
Per the direction provided by the City Council at the July 18, 2016 City Council meeting, staff recommends the City Council waive the first reading and consider the attached local minimum wage ordinance, to be effective July 1, 2017
BACKGROUND & ANALYSIS
A San Leandro minimum wage ordinance was discussed extensively by the City Council Finance Committee over the course of seven monthly meetings beginning in October, 2015. Studies and analyses were presented to the City Council Finance Committee and comments were received from San Leandro residents and businesses, local and regional community stakeholder groups, and committee members. A summary of the comments and analyses presented to the City Council Finance Committee was provided to the City Council at its June 13, 2016 work session, which was dedicated to discussing the possibility of a San Leandro minimum wage ordinance. During that work session, the City Council directed staff to develop and present for the Council's consideration at its July 5, 2016 regular meeting a local minimum wage ordinance that would accelerate implementation of the State's new minimum wage law's requirements.
Following lengthy public testimony and discussion by the Council at the July 5th regular meeting, the City Council directed staff to modify the draft ordinance to include 'small and large employer' definitions (similar to how the current statewide minimum wage law is drafted), and to also add a provision that would allow small employers an additional year to implement the wage increases scheduled to begin for large employers on July 1, 2017. That modified ordinance was subsequently presented to the City Council at its July 18, 2017 regular meeting. Following additional public testimony and further City Council discussion, the Council directed staff to ...
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