minimum wage in oakland and san jose

[corruptedmage25]

i heard somewhere that the minimum wage in oakland and san jose is a bit higher than that of CA? anyone got some numbers?

 

[herkulease]

I know san jose has a living wage. Its for companies that have contract with the city or getting a large amount of money each year in public assistance.

 

[BoomerD]

Originally posted by: herkulease
I know san jose has a living wage. Its for companies that have contract with the city or getting a large amount of money each year in public assistance.

This is all I've heard about. Some cities have enacted living wage requirements, usually only applying to companies that do business with or receive monies from the city in one way or another, and often, there are quite a few provisions other than just doinb business with them. Otherwise, the minimum wage is the same statewide.

"Living Wage Ordinance - Oakland
Approved in March 1998, this ordinance (Ordinance No. 12050) requires companies or non-profits that enter into service contracts with the city worth at least $25,000 or benefit from at least $100,000 in city subsidies in a year to pay workers a minimum of $9.25 an hour ($8.00 if the firm provides health benefits). The minimum wages were adjusted annually. The ordinance also entitles such workers to 12 paid days off per year. It also allows that a collective bargaining agreement may provide that such agreement may supersede the requirements of the living wage ordinance.

In March 2002, Oakland voters overwhelmingly (78%) approved an initiative that extends the City of Oakland's Living Wage law to 1,500 low wage workers at Oakland's Airport and Seaport, including baggage handlers, security guards, rental car drivers and food service workers. Oakland's current living wage requires $9.13 an hour if health benefits are provided, $10.50 if they are not (will rise to $9.45 and $10.87 in July)."


"LIVING WAGE POLICY

It is the policy of the City of San Jose that persons doing work on, for or on behalf of the City should be paid a living wage, be provided with or able to afford health insurance, have reasonable time off, not be subject to lay off merely because the City changes contractors and should work in an environment of labor peace.

A. Payment of Minimum Compensation to Employees

1. Wages

If health insurance benefits are provided, a wage of no less than Nine Dollars and Fifty Cents ($9.50) per hour.
If health insurance benefits are not provided, a wage of no less than Ten Dollars and Seventy-Five Cents ($10.75) per hour.
These initial rates will be reviewed each year, no later than the 10th of February, to determine if any adjustment should be made based on any change as of December 31 of the previous year in the federal poverty level standard or the geographic cost of living differential used by the City in determining the initial wage adjustment. If either standard has changed the City shall recalibrate the wages using the original methodology with the new values. If neither standard has changed, the Consumer Price Index for all Urban Consumers in the San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose area (U. S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics) shall be reviewed. If the CPI has increased by at least 1 %, the wage rate shall be adjusted by the same percentage change in the CPI but not to exceed 3 %.
If the contract is subject to a prevailing wage requirement, the higher of the two wages shall apply.
Proof of the provision of such benefits must be submitted to the City with the executed contract or receipt of the City financial assistance to qualify for employees with health benefits. "