Other/Miscellaneous Request Template (Appointments; ROW; Code Changes; Zoning Action, etc.)
Date Submitted: 3-12-19
Requesting Agency: Finance
Division:
Subject Matter Expert Name:
Name: Rachel Bardin
Email: Rachel.bardin@denvergov.org
Item Title & Description:
(Do not delete the following instructions)
These appear on the Council meeting agenda. Initially, the requesting agency will enter a 2-3 sentence description. Upon bill filling, the City Attorney's Office should enter the title above the description (the title should be in bold font).
Both the title and description must be entered between the red "title" and "body" below. Do not at any time delete the red "title" or "body" markers from this template.
title
A bill for an ordinance amending the classification and pay plan for employees in the Career Service to increase minimum wage.
Amends the Classification and Pay Plan to increase the minimum wage for all eligible city employees to $13 per hour, effective 7-1-19. The Committee approved filing this item at its meeting on 3-19-19.
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Affected Council District(s) or citywide?
Executive Summary with Rationale and Impact:
Detailed description of the item and why we are doing it. This can be a separate attachment.
In the fall of 2018, the Mayor's Office requested a change to the city's minimum wage floor for all city employees. The Office of Human Resources (OHR) supports the Mayor's Office in the application of changes to the classification and pay plan. The minimum wage is proposed to increase as follows: $13.00 per hour on July 1, 2019, $14.00 per hour on July 1, 2020, and $15.00 per hour on July 1, 2021.
The OHR analyzed all existing pay ranges to identify classifications whose pay range minimum is below the proposed wage floor rate. Classifications with current pay range minimums below the July 1, 2019 threshold rate of $13.00 per hour were increased to the new threshold ra...
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