Commissioners, can i just have you take a note here. Testing, test your mic to make sure it has the appropriate one. [testing] thank you. The Small Business Commission Meeting is called to order and the time is 2 05. The meeting is being televised live by sfgov tv. We also have Joshua Alexander taking some photos for us as well. And i also like to thank city Hall Building management Media Services for making this meeting possible. Members of the public, there is the opportunity please silence your phones and if youd like to fill out a speaker card there is a speaker card up front. Not mandatory. And additionally, we have signin sheets as well. So, with that, mr. President , shall we call item number 1 . Yes he, item number 1, please. ~ item number 1 is roll call. Commissioner adams . Here. Commissioner dooley . Here. Commissioner dwight . Here. Commissioner ortizcartagena . Commissioner toursarkissian . Here. Commissioner white . Here. Commissioner yee riley. Mr. President , you have q
Compensation information for employees identified by race and sex. The legislation creates an initial save in period during which the director of Human Rights Commission is charged with convening a work group to design a Data Collection system that is best suited to both identifying if wage discrimination is taking place at a business, but also that will minimize the burden on city contractors. The board of supervisors, the Mayors Office and the commission on the status of women will all appoint representatives to at the equal pay advisory commission. After this initial phasein period, the Human Rights Commission, if they believe that wage discrimination has taken place based on an equal pay report, it can proactively investigate that business to determine whether or not indeed men and women are being paid equally for work. If the Human Rights Commission does determine that an employer has violated equal pay law, the commission can recommend to the city agency that contracts with that
Make sure it has the appropriate one. [testing] thank you. The Small Business Commission Meeting is called to order and the time is 2 05. The meeting is being televised live by sfgov tv. We also have Joshua Alexander taking some photos for us as well. And i also like to thank city Hall Building management Media Services for making this meeting possible. Members of the public, there is the opportunity please silence your phones and if youd like to fill out a speaker card there is a speaker card up front. Not mandatory. And additionally, we have signin sheets as well. So, with that, mr. President , shall we call item number 1 . Yes he, item number 1, please. ~ item number 1 is roll call. Commissioner adams . Here. Commissioner dooley . Here. Commissioner dwight . Here. Commissioner ortizcartagena . Commissioner toursarkissian . Here. Commissioner white . Here. Commissioner yee riley. Mr. President , you have quorum. Great. Next item, please. Next item is item number 2 which is general Pu
A very good saturday morning to you. Right now, in this country, some 61 of workers, 18 and over, have access to some form of paid sick leave. About 49 million American Workers lack paid sick leave. Thats what we are talking about this morning. Only three states in this country require some form of paid sick leave. Here is a map this morning from the National Partnership for women and families. Those three states, california, massachusetts, and connecticut, connecticut and massachusetts laws provide 40 hours of sick time per calendar year. Calendars taxed at 241 hours. Law goes into effect in january. There is also over a dozen cities and municipalities around the country that have their own laws when it comes to paid sick leave but president obama has proposed a sevenpaid sick leave california year in his state of the union address. Here is the president on tuesday talking about that proposal. Today we are the only advanced country industry on earth that doesnt guarantee paid sick lea
Live by sfgov tv. We also have Joshua Alexander taking some photos for us as well. And i also like to thank city Hall Building management Media Services for making this meeting possible. Members of the public, there is the opportunity please silence your phones and if youd like to fill out a speaker card there is a speaker card up front. Not mandatory. And additionally, we have signin sheets as well. So, with that, mr. President , shall we call item number 1 . Yes he, item number 1, please. ~ item number 1 is roll call. Commissioner adams . Her commissioner dooley . Here. Commissioner dwight . Here. Commissioner ortizcartagena . Commissioner toursarkissian . Here. Commissioner white . Here. Commissioner yee riley. Mr. President , you have quorum. Great. Next item, please. Next item is item number 2 which is general Public Comment. This allows members of the public to comment generally on matters within the commissions purview, and suggest new agenda items for the commissions future con