City Of West Hollywood Approves Updates To The City's Living Wage Ordinance For Service Contracts

West Hollywood CA

02 May, 2022

8:02 AM

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Press release from the City of West Hollywood: April 29, 2022 The City Council of the City of West Hollywood, during its regular meetings in April, approved updates to the City's Living Wage Ordinance for service contracts. On July 1, 2022, the established living wage rate in West Hollywood will increase to $19.35 per hour. The living wage update and phase-in will require the City's service contractors with contracts of $25,000 or more for terms of three months or longer to pay employees the updated living wage rate in performing City-related work. The living wage applies to employees, temporary employees, and subcontractors. The living wage rate is adjusted each July 1 to reflect changes during the preceding year in the Consumer Price Index (CPI-W). For services provided to the City and its constituents via social services contracts with nonprofit agencies, the Ordinance provides for a three-month delay, to October 1, 2022, in the implementation of the updated living wage rate. This is a one-time exception for 2022 only, in order to align with the start of the City's next round of Social Services contracts. The City of West Hollywood established its Living Wage Ordinance in 1997. A living wage is typically described as the minimum income necessary for a worker to be able to meet basic needs for an extended period. These needs include shelter, nutrition, healthcare, and other incidentals such as clothing. This standard generally means that a person working 40 hours a week, with no additional income, should be able to afford a specified quantity of housing, food, utilities, transport, health care, and recreation. In 2011, the City Council amended the Living Wage Ordinance to require adjustments to the living wage rate each July to reflect increases during the preceding year in the Consumer Price Index (a measure of inflation). For more information about compensated and uncompensated leave requirements under the Living Wage Ordinance, exemptions, waivers, and a Frequently Asked Questions information page, please visit www.weho.org/business/doing-business-with-the-city/living-wage. For more information, please contact the City of West Hollywood's Business Development Division at (323) 848-6460. For people who are Deaf or hard of hearing, please call TTY (323) 848-6496. The City of West Hollywood remains in a declared local emergency in response to the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak. West Hollywood City Hall is open for in-person transactions by appointment; to make an appointment, visit www.weho.org/appointments. City Hall services remain accessible by phone at (323) 848-6400 and via the City's website at www.weho.org. City of West Hollywood coronavirus updates are available at www.weho.org/coronavirus. For up-to-date news and events, follow the City of West Hollywood @wehocity on social media, sign up for news updates at www.weho.org/email, and visit the City's calendar of meetings and events at www.weho.org/calendar. For reporters and members of the media seeking additional information about the City of West Hollywood, please contact the City of West Hollywood's Public Information Officer, Sheri A. Lunn, at (323) 848-6391 or [email protected]. This press release was produced by the City of West Hollywood. The views expressed here are the author's own.