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Advisory board urges phased equal‑pay reporting; committee approves ordinance amendments and extended deadline
Summary
The Equal Pay Advisory Board presented its final 2015 report and recommended a phased approach and pilot testing for contractor reporting; the committee accepted amendments and moved an ordinance change that extends initial contractor reporting to 07/03/2017 and phases implementation.
The Human Rights Commission and the Equal Pay Advisory Board presented the advisory board's final 2015 report and recommendations to the Board of Supervisors' Public Safety and Neighborhood Services Committee, and the committee approved amendments to the equal‑pay ordinance and moved the item forward with a positive recommendation.
The advisory board and Human Rights Commission staff urged a phased implementation that begins with an internal city pilot and a contractor pilot, followed by training and an eventual systemwide reporting phase coordinated with the Controller's Office. The advisory board highlighted pay‑gap statistics in California: "California women currently earn 84¢ for every dollar earned by a man," and said the gap is wider for women of color, noting that Latina women in the state earn "44¢ for every dollar" a man earns.
The board recommended pilot periods to test race, gender and job‑classification categories before broad reporting and asked the Board to extend contractor reporting deadlines to July 3, 2017, to allow for tool development, pilot testing and contractor education. Supervisor David Campos summarized the phased plan in committee, thanked staff and moved the related ordinance amendments; the committee took the motion without objection and moved the items to the full Board.
The committee's action advances the ordinance amendments to change reporting deadlines and the Equal Pay Advisory Board's recommendations to the Board of Supervisors.
