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Report regarding an ordinance increasing the Minimum Wage to $15 per hour effective January 1, 2020. (Christina Fernandez, Assistant to the City Manager)
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RECOMMENDATION
Recommendation
It is recommended that the City Council introduce an ordinance adding Chapter 8.70 of the South San Francisco Municipal Code increasing the minimum wage citywide to $15 per hour effective January 1, 2020, and waive further reading.
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BACKGROUND/DISCUSSION
Currently the State's minimum wage is $12.00 per hour. At a Special City Council meeting on April 9, 2019, City Council directed staff to increase the minimum wage to $15 per hour for all city employees effective July 1, 2019. This was accomplished through the FY 2019-2020 City Budget, passed by City Council on June 26, 2019. In addition, Council directed staff to explore the increase of the minimum wage to $15 per hour for all businesses citywide with a targeted effective date of January 1, 2020.
At a Special City Council meeting on July 22, 2019, Council received a staff presentation on increasing the minimum wage citywide to $15 per hour. Council provided the following direction:
-Beginning January 1, 2020, employers who are subject to the City of South San Francisco Business License or who maintain a facility in the City of South San Francisco must pay each employee who performs at least two hours of work per week in the City of South San Francisco, minimum wages not less than $15.00 per hour. Thereafter, the minimum wage will be adjusted annually based on the National Consumer Price Index (CPI-W).
- Per California State regulation (California Industrial Welfare Commission Order No. 4-2001), an employee who is defined as a "learner" shall be paid no less than 85% of the applicable Minimum Wage for the first 160 hours of employment. Thereafter, the learner shall be paid the applicable minimum wage.
State Law
In April 2016, then Governor Jerry Brown signed into law Senate Bill 3 which increased the state'...
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