Title
Adoption of a Resolution Amending the Part-Time Classifications Salary Schedule Effective December 23, 2018, to Reflect Changes to the California State Minimum Wage and to Maintain Adequate Differentials Between Part-Time Job Categories. (Human Resources 2510)
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To: Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council
From: David L. Rudat, Interim City Manager
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Staff is recommending that the City Council approve a resolution amending the Salary Schedule for part-time employees to reflect an increase to the California Minimum Wage. The minimum wage is set to increase on January 1, 2019, from $11.00 to $12.00 per hour. This resolution would adopt revisions to the City's Part-Time Classifications Salary Schedule such that all classifications currently below $12.00 per hour are increased. The estimated fiscal impact to the city is $25,000 in salary costs, primarily in the Recreation and Parks and Library Departments. The City Council has also approved an accelerated minimum wage increase citywide beginning July 1, 2019, which will increase Alameda's minimum wage to $13.50 per hour.
BACKGROUND
On April 4, 2016, California State Senate Bill 3 was signed into law to incrementally increase the State minimum wage to $15.00 per hour over a gradual period of time. Under this legislation, California's $10-an-hour minimum wage increased to $10.50 in January 2017, $11 in January 2018, and will increase to $12 per hour on January 1, 2019. The California minimum wage will continue to rise by a dollar in each of the following years until it reaches $15 in 2022, after which it will increase each year by up to 3.5 percent to account for inflation. This legislation also gives the governor the ability to temporarily halt the raises if there is a forecasted budget deficit of more than 1 percent of annual revenue, or due to poor economic conditions such as declines in jobs and retail sales.
While the City of Alameda as an employer is exempt from compliance ...
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