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Supervisors hear hours of testimony on proposed pay changes for 45 classifications; committee files the item
Summary
A March 6 hearing on comparable worth and proposed Department of Human Resources pay adjustments drew extensive testimony from supervisors, DHR and dozens of city workers and union representatives who warned that a proposal affecting 45 classifications would disproportionately harm women and people of color; the committee voted to file the item without opposition for further review.
The Budget & Finance Committee on March 6 held a lengthy hearing on the city’s policy of comparable worth and a Department of Human Resources (DHR) proposal that supervisors and union leaders said could reduce base pay rates for 45 job classifications disproportionately held by women and people of color.
Sponsor Supervisor John Avalos opened the hearing with a call to examine whether recent DHR proposals would reverse decades of pay‑equity gains the city made after Proposition H (1986). Avalos presented charts comparing historically undervalued classes (e.g., licensed vocational nurses, custodians, eligibility workers) to their comparable counterparts and said some new‑hire pay proposals would ‘‘lower the pay’’ for those classes and…
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