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Adopt a Resolution Approving Revisions to the Part-Time Classifications Salary Schedule to Meet State Law Requirements to Increase Minimum Wage. (Human Resources 2510)
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To: Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council
From: Elizabeth D. Warmerdam, Interim City Manager
Re: Adopt a Resolution Approving Revisions to the Part-Time Classifications Salary Schedule to Meet State Law Requirements to Increase Minimum Wage
BACKGROUND
State law requires an increase in the minimum wage from $9.00 to $10.00 per hour effective January 1, 2016. The recommended action incorporates this increase in the City's Part-Time Classifications Salary Schedule (Exhibit 1).
DISCUSSION
The Human Resources Department has revised the Part-Time Classifications Salary Schedule to incorporate the increased minimum wage requirements and to accommodate departmental part-time staffing needs. This salary schedule was updated with input from the Recreation and Parks, Library, Police, Community Development, and Public Works Departments, which are the primary departments employing part-time workers. The ranges for all of the part-time classifications accommodate both the rates based on the new minimum wage and, where applicable, the existing rates of incumbents currently employed on a part-time basis.
The increase in the minimum wage is integrated into the schedule by eliminating those salary steps that are below the $10.00 per hour level. The only exception is for the Recreation Learner or Counselor-in-Training classification. This classification, which is exempt from the $10.00 per hour minimum wage requirements, will increase from $8.00 to $9.00 an hour. Work in this classification provides an opportunity for individuals with limited or no experience to enter the City's workforce as a trainee, in conformance with the State Learner and Federal Youth Opportunity programs. The employees hired at this level are in a training program for approximately fou...
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