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Board approves equal‑pay reporting requirement for city contractors; advisory board to design data system
Summary
Supervisors approved an ordinance requiring certain city contractors and high‑value grantees to submit equal‑pay reports, and created an advisory board to recommend data collection methods. The measure sets a compliance threshold, a January 2016 implementation target and privacy protections, and passed 10–0.
The San Francisco Board of Supervisors on Nov. 25 approved an ordinance requiring many city contractors and certain grantees to submit equal‑pay reports so the city can detect and address potential pay disparities.
Supervisor Campos, the ordinance’s lead sponsor, said the measure is intended to surface pay disparities that often remain hidden. "By asking employers to affirmatively report compensation data to the city, we are asking city contractors to consciously take a look at how compensation works for them," Campos said. He cited an example from a Jamestown Community Center director who, after reviewing her organization’s pay data, found unexplained disparities.
Key elements adopted by the board…
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