San Jose Municipal Code Part 5 Minimum Compensation

A. Except as otherwise provided in this part, all airport businesses shall provide to their covered employees the following minimum compensation:

1. If minimum health insurance benefits are provided, compensation of no less than twelve dollars and ninety-four cents per hour.

2. If minimum health insurance benefits are not provided, compensation of no less than fourteen dollars and nineteen cents per hour.

B. Minimum compensation will be reviewed annually to determine if any adjustment should be made based on any change as of December 31 of the previous year in the CPI. If the CPI has not increased or if the CPI has declined, the minimum compensation shall remain unchanged.

C. The minimum compensation applicable if minimum health insurance benefits are not provided shall be adjusted to remain one dollar and twenty-five cents greater than the minimum compensation applicable if minimum health insurance benefits are provided.

D. Any minimum compensation adjustments shall be effective July 1 of each year.

E. At least thirty days prior to the adjustment of minimum compensation, the director shall publish the new minimum compensation on the City of San José website.

(Ords. 28432, 28862.)

A. The minimum compensation requirements of this part shall not apply to any airport business during the term of any collective bargaining agreement that expressly provides that the terms of the collective bargaining agreement shall supersede either the living wage policy or the minimum compensation requirements of this part.

B. Contractors currently operating at the airport pursuant to the terms of an airport contract that is subject to and includes the terms and conditions of the living wage policy and/or prevailing wage policy shall not be subject to the requirements of this part for the remaining term of the airport contract. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the city manager shall be authorized to enter into an amendment with a contractor to delete the terms and conditions of the living wage policy and/or prevailing wage policy for the remaining term of the airport contract. The requirements of this part shall apply to a contractor that is party to any such airport contract from the effective date of any such amendment.

(Ords. 28432, 28862.)

Editor's note— Ord. 28862, passed December 7, 2010, repealed § 25.11.520, which pertained to temporary exemption for passenger airlines.