REPORT TO COUNCIL
SUBJECT
Title
Action on a Resolution Approving Revised Salary Schedule for As-Needed (Temporary) Employees
Report
BACKGROUND
Pursuant to City Code Section 3.20, on January 1, 2019, the City's hourly minimum wage will increase from $13.00 per hour to $15.00 per hour. The ordinance further requires that beginning on January 1, 2020, and each January 1st thereafter, the minimum wage shall increase by an amount corresponding to the increase, if any, in the cost of living. The prior year's increase in the cost of living shall be measured by the percentage increase, if any, as of August of the preceding year of the Bay Area Consumer Price Index (Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers, San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose, CA for All Items) or its successor index as published by the U.S. Department of Labor or its successor agency, with the amount of the minimum wage increase rounded to the nearest multiple of five cents ($0.05).
The City employs approximately 929 as-needed employees who provide important temporary services to the City, predominately seasonally or for special events. The minimum wage increases need to be applied to the City's as-needed or temporary workforce. Therefore, the salary schedule that applies to those employees must be updated and approved to reflect the increase in the minimum hourly wage.
Government Code 20636(b)(1) and California Code of Regulations 570.5 require that public salary schedules include specific information and be approved by the governing body whenever they are updated or revised.
DISCUSSION
The schedule is being streamlined to eliminate classifications no longer used and to provide a salary range instead of salary steps. This will also ease the administrative burden if/when additional minimum wage adjustments are required. Other changes to the salary schedule include an increase to the top of the range for "Consultant" from $106 per hour to $175 per hour. This change is necessary to provide the City wi...
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