From Deseret News archives:
Rocky to launch Salt Lake wage impetus
Rules would favor contractors who pay 'living' salaries
Under new mayoral rules to be signed next week, the city will also give preference to companies that have written policies stating they will not discriminate against employees or applicants based on sexual orientation.
The rules define a living wage as $9.06 hourly (the federal poverty guideline for a family of four) with health benefits, or $10.56 per hour without health care.
Anderson, who is scheduled to sign the changes to the city's procurement policies at noon next Monday, delivered final drafts to living-wage advocates a week early. The Deseret Morning News received a copy from those advocates, who say the changes are a good first step toward helping the working poor. They hope other cities will follow the lead.
"The mayor's office is now acknowledging what a huge problem working poverty is in Utah," said George Neckel, director of Utah Jobs with Justice. "By far the major cause of poverty in Utah is low wages."
- 2 points for paying a living wage.
- 0.5 points for having a written non-discrimination policy that includes lesbians, gays, the transgendered, bisexuals and heterosexuals.
- 0.5 points for having conducted an apprenticeship in the past 12 months through the state apprenticeship program.
- 0.5 points for having pre-employment and "for-cause" drug testing.
- 0.5 points for being a local business located and operating in Salt Lake City that has 30 employees or fewer and annual gross revenues of less than $1 million.
Anderson added the extra requirements himself, Tibbetts said, noting that the advocates aren't necessarily opposed to the other requirements.
To qualify for the point-based system, a company's bid must be within 4 percent of the lowest submitted bid for projects less than $250,000. It must be within 1 percent of the lowest bid for contracts between $250,000 and $1 million and within $20,000 of the lowest bid for contracts greater than $1 million.
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