A. Wages. All employers subject to this chapter shall pay the required Living Wage rate. In addition, all subject Employers shall offer a medical benefit plan, which allows employees to receive employer compensated care from a licensed physician equal to or higher than the medical benefit rate requirement. If the employer does not offer the employees with such a medical benefit plan, the employer shall pay employees an hourly wage of not less than the Living Wage rate plus the value of the medical benefit rate. The hourly wage rate and medical benefit rate required by this section will be adjusted automatically or modified annually pursuant to subsection D. The new rates shall be announced by May 1 of each year and shall become effective on July 1 of that year.

B. Time-off. Employees shall be entitled to at least 22 days off per year for sick leave, vacation, or personal necessity. Twelve of the required days off shall be compensated at the same rate as regular compensation for a normal working day. Ten of the required 22 days may be uncompensated days off. Employees who work part-time shall be entitled to accrue compensated days off in increments proportional to that accrued by full-time employees. Employees shall be eligible to use accrued days off after the first six months of satisfactory employment or consistent with employer policy, whichever is sooner. Paid holidays, consistent with established employer policy, may be counted toward provision of the required 12 compensated days off.

C. Additional compensation permissible. Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to limit an employer’s discretion to provide greater wages or time-off to its employees.

D. The wage rates required in subsection A shall be adjusted annually, effective July 1, to reflect increases during the preceding year in the Consumer Price Index for all urban consumers in the San Francisco-Oakland area, as published in April of each year by the U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics.

E. Notification of rights under chapter. Employers subject to this chapter pursuant to Section 13.27.030, shall give written notification to each current and new employee of their potential rights under this chapter in a form provided by the City. Such notice shall also be posted prominently in areas where it will be seen by all employees. (Ord. 7640-NS § 1 (part), 2019: Ord. 6765-NS § 1, 2003: Ord. 6583-NS § 2, 2000: Ord. 6548-NS § 2, 2000)