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POSITION RECOMMENDATIONS ON PROPOSED LIVING WAGE ORDINANCE PROVISONS FOR THE CITY OF SAN LEANDRO AREA TO ADDRESS STAFF RECOMMENDATION FINANCE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDA TION Should living wage apply Not applicable to city employees; all full time city to city workers? employees earn in excess of this rate. Exemptions from the Part time, seasonal or temporary employees. living wage ordinance? What should the $10.50 per hour with health benefits minimum wage rate be $12.00 per hour without health benefits set at? How and when should Bay Area CPI with 3% cap applied annually increases to the living as of July 15t wage rate be calculated and applied? Days off required for Recommend not addressing living wage recipients? Specifications for For Profit: application of living wage 10 or more FTE's. Employee must spend 25% or more by employers of his or her time on projects directly related to the city contract, living wage rate to apply to that time only, contract for $25,000 or more. Lessees, concessionaires, franchisees on city property: 25 or more FTE's. Employee must spend 25% or more of his or her time on projects directly related to the city contract. Gross Annual Revenues of over $350,000. Financial Aid recipients Community Based Organizations are exempted. Others requirements - 25 or more FTE's, contract over $100,000 annually. One year of compliance for each $100,000 in an annual contract up to 5 years. Shall employers be able Yes to apply for a waiver from the living wage ordinance? Shall the city actively Yes administer and enforce During implementation phase; temporarily expand the living wage contract administrator duties to current part-time risk ordinance? management position. What type of legal Private right to action, nothing in ordinance to be remedies should be in interpreted to authorize a claim for damages against the place? city for employer failure to comply with the regulations or the city's failure to enforce the provisions of the law.