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AN ORDINANCE establishing an updated hourly minimum wage rate for King County employees and employees of certain county contractors; and amending Ordinance 19762, Section 4, and K.C.C. 2.94.020, Ordinance 17909, Section 6, as amended, and K.C.C. 3.18.030, and Ordinance 19762, Section 11, and K.C.C. 12.18B.020;
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BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KING COUNTY:
SECTION 1. Ordinance 19762, Section 4, and K.C.C. 2.94.020 are hereby amended to read as follows:
A. A contractor shall pay their employees an hourly minimum wage rate of not less than twenty dollars and twenty-nine cents per hour or the hourly minimum wage rate established by federal, ((or))state, or local law, whichever is greater. Beginning January 1, 2025, the hourly minimum wage rate shall increase annually on a percentage basis to reflect the annual rate of inflation and calculated to the nearest cent on January 1 of each year thereafter. For purposes of this section, "the annual rate of inflation" means one hundred percent of the annual average growth rate of the bimonthly U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics Seattle-Tacoma-((Bremerton)) Bellevue Area Consumer Price Index for ((u))Urban ((w))Wage ((e))Earners and ((c))Clerical ((w))Workers, CPI-W, or a successor index, for the twelve month period ending in August, but the percentage increase shall not be less than zero.
B. An employee is covered by this chapter for each hour the employee is performing a measurable amount of work under a contract with the county.
C. For the purposes of this chapter, temporary employment agency employees who perform, for an employer, a measurable amount of work under a contract with the county, shall be paid no less than the hourly minimum wage rate required to be paid to employees as specified in subsection A. of this section.
D. A contract-awarding authority shall not execute a contract with a contractor unless the contract includes provisions requiring the contractor to comply with...
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