As used in this chapter:
"Employee"
means any person who does not actually work as a manager,
supervisor, or confidential employee, and who is not required to possess
an occupational license.
"Minimum wage"
means a wage payment set under this Chapter. As of July 1, 2005, minimum wage means a wage payment at an initial hourly rate of $11.50 per hour. As of July 1, 2014, minimum wage means a wage payment at an initial hourly rate of $15.37. As of July 1, 2018, and annually thereafter, the minimum wage shall match the hourly wage set for Hotel Workers under Chapter
4.63 of this Code.
(Added by Ord. No. 2152CCS § 1, adopted 3/8/05; amended
by Ord. No. 2457CCS § 1, adopted 5/27/14; Ord. No. 2515CCS § 3, adopted 5/10/16)
Any contractor providing services
to the City of Santa Monica pursuant to a contract in the amount of
fifty-four thousand two hundred dollars or more shall pay at least
the minimum wage to any employee working on that contract for work
done on the contract.
(Added by Ord. No. 2152CCS § 1, adopted 3/8/05; amended
by Ord. No. 2260CCS § 1, adopted 4/22/08)
Any contractor subject to the minimum
wage requirements of this Chapter shall provide the same benefits
to a same-sex spouse or a domestic partner of an employee working
on the City contract as are provided to any spouse of an employee
working on the City contract.
(Added by Ord. No. 2358CCS § 1, adopted 5/10/11)
The requirements of this Chapter
shall not apply to employers that are government agencies, City grantees,
nonprofit corporations, corporations providing banking services, or
entities providing emergency ambulance and billing services. The exemption
set forth in this Section for entities providing emergency ambulance
and billing services shall sunset on January 31, 2025.
(Added by Ord. No. 2152CCS § 1, adopted 3/8/05; amended
by Ord. No. 2260CCS § 2, adopted 4/22/08; Ord. No. 2548CCS § 1, adopted 7/11/17; Ord. No. 2640CCS § 1, 6/23/20; Ord. No. 2718CCS § 1,
adopted 9/13/22)
The provisions of this Chapter, or
any part thereof, may be waived in a bona fide collective bargaining
agreement, but only if the waiver is explicitly set forth in such
agreement in clear and unambiguous terms. Unilateral implementation
of terms and conditions of employment by either party to a collective
bargaining relationship shall not constitute, or be permitted as,
a waiver of all or any part of the provisions of this Chapter.
(Added by Ord. No. 2152CCS § 1, adopted 3/8/05)
The obligations imposed by this Chapter
shall become effective as of July 1, 2005, and shall apply only to
contracts executed after that date.
(Added by Ord. No. 2152CCS § 1, adopted 3/8/05)