COUNTY MAY HIKE MINIMUM WAGE.Byline: Bhavna Mistry Staff Writer The Ventura County Board of Supervisors The examples and perspective in this article or section may represent an unduly geographically limited view of the subject. Please [ improve this article] or discuss the issue on the talk page. The Board of Supervisors is the body governing counties in the U.S. is scheduled to consider approving a living-wage ordinance A law, statute, or regulation enacted by a Municipal Corporation. An ordinance is a law passed by a municipal government. A municipality, such as a city, town, village, or borough, is a political subdivision of a state within which a municipal corporation has been today that would guarantee workers at least $8 an hour with medical insurance and $10 without. The board also will determine whether the ordinance should include an automatic cost-of-living increase and whether it should cover in-home health-care workers. Supervisors Steve Bennett The name Steve Bennett refers to more than one person:
The plan - which would cost county taxpayers $1.2 million a year - was scheduled for a vote last week. However, the board delayed the issue by a week so local chamber of commerce officials could present their view that the proposal would hurt small businesses. Chief Administrative Officer A chief administrative officer (CAO) is responsible for administrative management of private, public or governmental corporations. The CAO is one of the highest ranking members of an organization, managing daily operations and usually reporting directly to the chief executive John Johnston
The amount by which the capital required to fulfill a financial obligation exceeds available capital. Notes: Shortfall risk is often combated with an efficient hedging strategy created by a fund, group, institution, or individual. for fiscal 2001. Adding in-home health-care workers could boost the cost by an additional $4.3 million to $4.7 million, and costs are still undetermined for adopting an automatic cost-of-living increase, which officials suggest should be added in 50-cent increments. Proponents of the ordinance say the county figures are overestimated and that a county living wage is needed for working families to become self-sufficient. |
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