JB-0000000116-RFP_F - Adopting a Local Law to Establish a Countywide Minimum Wage

DETAILED SPECIFICATION
 

1. Summary

2. Background / Description

3. Project Goal

• Convene key stakeholders from the County and community to explore the impacts of a county wide minimum wage that is higher than the New York State minimum wage. 

• Impacts such as:
  • Differences in cost of living and types of wage-related challenges in different regions of the County.
  • Potential impacts of a county-only minimum wage on economics near the county border.
  • Variation across industries, including potential impacts on employment levels in different industry categories and on the viability of businesses.
  • Special considerations such as Medicaid/Medicare-reimbursed services, summer youth employment, and others.
  • Consequences of wage compression or avoiding wage compression.
  • Indirect costs to the community or government of less than living wages, e.g. increased demand for various County services.
  • Calculation and methodology to establish the minimum wage and for annual adjustments.
  • Enforcement provisions.
  • Special exemptions or considerations deemed necessary.
  • Present the key findings and elements as outlined above to the Housing & Economic Development Committee and Tompkins County Legislature. 
  • Assist with the drafting of a local law for adoption by the Legislature.