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than $11.42. If the employer does not provide the employees with such a medical benefit plan, the employer shall pay employees an hourly wage of not less than $12.92. The hourly wage rate required by this section may be adjusted or modified by resolution of the City Council. (b) Time-off. Employees shall be entitled to at least 22 days off per year for sick leave, vacation, or personal necessity. Twelve (12) of the required days off shall be compensated at the same rate as regular compensation for a normal working day. Ten (10) of the required 22 days may be uncompensated days off. Employees who work part-time shall be entitled to accrue compensated days off in increments proportional to that accrued by full- time employees. Employees shall be eligible to use accrued days off after the first six (6) months of satisfactory employment or consistent with employer policy, whichever is sooner. Paid holidays, consistent with established employer policy, may be counted toward provision of the required 12 compensated days off. (c) Additional compensation permissible. Nothing in this Chapter shall be construed to limit an employer's discretion to provide greater wages or time-off to its employees. (d) The wage rates required in (a), above, shall be adjusted annually, effective January 1, to reflect the average percent of wage increases embodied within the City of Richmond's employee labor agreements for the immediately preceding calendar year. 2.60.070 Required contract provisions. Every City contract, least, license, concession agreement, franchise agreement or agreement for financial aid with an employer described in Section 2.60.040 or amendment thereto shall contain provisions requiring it to comply with the requirements of this Chapter as they exist on the date when the employer entered its agreement with the City or when such agreement is amended. Such contract provisions shall address the employer's duty to promptly provide to the City documents and information verifying its compliance with the requirements of this Chapter, and sanctions for non-compliance. Such contract provisions shall also require the employer to notify each of its affected employees with regards to the wages that are required to be paid pursuant to this Chapter. 2.60.080 Exemptions. (a) The requirements of this Chapter sha11 not be applicable to the following employees: (1) An employee participating in a temporaryjob-training program in which a significant component of the employee's training consists of acquiring specialized job readiness knowledge, abilities or skills (e.g., the importance of proper work attire, punctuality and workplace demeanor.); (2) An employee who is under 21 years of age, employed by anon-profit entity for after school or summer employment or as a trainee for a period not longer than 120 days; (3) An employee working for the employer for a period not exceeding six (6) months in aggregate during any twelve (12) month period; (4) Volunteers; (5) Employees of contractors on City public works projects subject to the requirements of Division 2, Part 7, of the California Labor Code, when said code requires compensation greater than that required by this Chapter; (6) Employees who are standing by or on-call according to the criteria established by the Fair Labor Standards Act, 29 U.S.C. Section 201. This exemption shall apply only during the time when the employee is actually standing by or on-call; (7) An employee for whom application of the requirements of this Chapter is prohibited by state or federal law; (8) An employee subject to a bona fide collective bargaining agreement where the waiver of the provisions of this Chapter are set forth in clear and unambiguous terms in such an agreement;