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<br />Page 3 of 8 <br />ATTY/ORD.458/RC MINIMUM WAGE <br />REV: 03-21-18 JS <br /> <br />SEC. 46.030. – Minimum Wage. <br /> <br />a. Employers shall pay Employees no less than the minimum wage set forth <br />in this Chapter for each hour worked within the geographic boundaries of <br />the City. <br /> <br />b. On January 1, 2019, the Minimum Wage shall be an hourly rate of thirteen <br />dollars and fifty cents ($13.50). On January 1, 2020, the Minimum W age <br />shall be an hourly rate of fifteen dollars ($15.00). To align the Minimum <br />Wage with other cities in San Mateo County, on January 1, 2021 the <br />Minimum Wage shall increase by the sum of the cost of living increase, if <br />any, for 2019 and 2020. (For example, if the cost of living increases by 3% <br />in 2019 and by 2% in 2020, then on January 1, 2021, the Minimum Wage <br />will increase by 5%.) To prevent inflation from eroding its value, beginning <br />on January 1, 2022, and each year thereafter, the Minimum Wage shall <br />increase by an amount corresponding to the prior year's increase, if any, in <br />the cost of living. The increase in the cost of living for any year shall be <br />measured by the percentage increase, if any, in the Consumer Price Index <br />for San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose (or its successor index) as published <br />by the U.S. Department of Labor or its successor agency (CPI). The <br />increase shall be calculated by using the August to August change in the <br />CPI. A decrease in the CPI shall not result in a decrease in the Minimum <br />Wage. <br /> <br />c. An Employee who is a Learner shall be paid no less than eighty-five percent <br />(85%) of the applicable Minimum Wage for the first 160 hours of <br />employment. Thereafter, the Employee shall be paid the applicable <br />Minimum Wage. <br /> <br />d. An Employer may not deduct an amount from wages due an Employee on <br />account of any tip or gratuity, or credit the amount or any part thereof, of a <br />tip or gratuity, against, or as part of, the wages due the Employee from the <br />Employer. <br /> <br />e. No Employer may fund increases in compensation required by this Chapter, <br />nor otherwise respond to the requirements of this Chapter, by reducing the <br />wage rate paid to any Employee, nor by increasing charges to them for <br />parking, meals, uniforms or other items, nor by reducing the citation or other <br />non-wage benefits of any such Employee, nor by increasing the share any <br />Employee pays towards her/his benefits, except to the extent such <br />prohibition would be pre-empted by the Federal Employee Retirement <br />Income Security Act. <br /> <br />f. A violation for unlawfully failing to pay the Minimum Wage shall be deemed <br />to continue from the date immediately following the date that the wages <br />7.A. - Page 16