Title
Establish a City of Phoenix Starting Full-Time Wage
Description
Request to authorize the City Manager, or his designee, to establish a minimum hiring rate of $15.00 per hour for all full-time City of Phoenix employees, effective the first full pay period of May 2019.
Report
Summary
The City Council, city management and labor organizations are committed to ensuring employees earn a livable rate of pay. Upon approval, all full-time employees below the City’s established starting full-time wage of $15.00 will be adjusted to at least the new rate or to the step in their pay grade closest to, but not lower than, the City’s new minimum rate, effective the first full pay period of May 2019. Full-time employees hired after this date will begin at a rate no lower than the City’s established minimum entry rate of $15.00.
Financial Impact
Approximately 150 full-time employees in 64 active job classifications will be impacted by this action. The total estimated cost is $525,000 annually, with approximately $230,000 annually from the General Fund. Based on analysis from the Budget and Research Department, it has been detemined that this amount can be absorbed within the existing operating budget using savings from unanticipated vacancies.
Department
Responsible Department
This item is submitted by Acting Deputy City Manager Toni Maccarone and the Human Resources Department.