The City of Hayward has implemented a Living Wage Ordinance. The living wage rates for contracts subject to the Ordinance, effective July 1, 2009, are as follows:
| Required Wage per hour, with health benefits |
$10.41 |
| Required Wage per hour, without health benefits |
$12.01 |
| Medical Benefits |
$1.63 | On July 1, 1999, certain types of City of Hayward service contracts became subject to the requirements of the City of Hayward Living Wage Ordinance. City of Hayward purchase orders in excess of $25,000 for the term of the contractual relationship are also covered by the ordinance. These include (but are not limited to) contracts for vehicle repair and maintenance, building facility repair and maintenance, janitorial and laundry services, landscape maintenance, security services, and pest control.
The ordinance provides that “Service contractors …shall pay their employees a wage of no less than ten dollars and forty one cents ($10.41) per hour, if health benefits are paid to employees or twelve dollars and one cent ($12.01) per hour if no such health benefits are paid.” Health benefits are defined as “payment of no less than one dollar and sixty-three cents ($1.63) per hour toward the cost of health and medical care insurance for employees and their dependents.” The Ordinance also places notification responsibilities upon the Contractor and provides certain rights to the Contractor’s employees.
In addition, the Ordinance contains an escalator that states, “The hourly rates contained in this section shall be upwardly adjusted each July 1 to reflect the change in the Bay Area Consumer Price Index for the twelve-month period proceeding April 1.” According to information obtained from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the Price Index for All Urban Consumers, San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose, increased .8% during the period April 2008-April 2009. The wage rates effective July 1, 2009 reflect this increase.
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