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j. In the use of such recruitment, hiring and retention of employees or subcontractors, theCity of Oakland requires all contractors to undertake nondiscriminatory and equaloutreach efforts which include outreach to minorities and women as well as othersegments of Oakland’s business community.24. Living Wage OrdinanceIf the contract amount of this Agreement is equal to or greater than $25,000 annually, thenContractor must comply with the Oakland Living Wage Ordinance. The Living WageOrdinance requires that nothing less than a prescribed minimum level of compensation (aliving wage) be paid to employees of service contractors (consultants) of the City andemployees of CFARs (Ord. 12050 § 1, 1998). The Ordinance also requires submission of theDeclaration of Compliance attached and incorporated herein as Schedule N and made part ofthis Agreement, and, unless specific exemptions apply or a waiver is granted, the consultantmust provide the following to its employees who perform services under or related to thisAgreement:a. Minimum compensation – Said employees shall be paid an initial hourly wage rateof $11.35 with health benefits or $13.05 without health benefits. These initial ratesshall be upwardly adjusted each year no later than April 1 in proportion to theincrease at the immediately preceding December 31 over the year earlier level of theBay Region Consumer Price Index as published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics,U.S. Department of Labor. Effective July 1 st of each year, Contractor shall payadjusted wage rates.b. Health benefits – Said full-time and part-time employees paid at the lower livingwage rate shall be provided health benefits of at least $1.70 per hour. Contractorshall provide proof that health benefits are in effect for those employees no later than30 days after execution of the contract or receipt of City financial assistance.c. Compensated days off – Said employees shall be entitled to twelve compensated daysoff per year for sick leave, vacation or personal necessity at the employee's request,and ten uncompensated days off per year for sick leave. Employees shall accrue onecompensated day off per month of full time employment. Part-time employees shallaccrue compensated days off in increments proportional to that accrued by full-timeemployees. The employees shall be eligible to use accrued days off after the first sixmonths of employment or consistent with company policy, whichever is sooner. Paidholidays, consistent with established employer policy, may be counted towardprovision of the required 12 compensated days off. Ten uncompensated days offshall be made available, as needed, for personal or immediate family illness after theemployee has exhausted his or her accrued compensated days off for that year.Project Name Page 14 of 24 Rev. 05/31/ 2012