Board accepts amendments to minimum compensation rule; raises for IHSS and nonprofit contractors to be considered in committee

The Board of Supervisors on Oct. 16 accepted amendments to the city's Minimum Compensation Ordinance (MCO) that would raise minimum compensation for employees of city contractors and create a working group to study wage equity effects.

Key changes accepted by the board's amendment vote included: a raise to $17 an hour for IHSS (in‑home supportive services) workers effective 60 days after enactment, a raise for nonprofit contractor workers to $16 an hour beginning July 1, 2019, and creation of a comptroller‑led working group to examine wage equity and compaction, produce recommendations to the mayor and board by April 1, 2019, and report back in time for the next budget cycle.

The board accepted the amendment package on a roll call (10 ayes, 1 no — President Cohen recorded a dissent on the amendment vote). Sponsors presented…