Employee benefits comprise a substantial portion of total employee compensation.
Discrimination in the provision of employee benefits between employees with domestic partners and employees with spouses results in unequal pay for equal work.
City, state and federal laws prohibit discrimination based on marital status, sexual orientation, and gender identity.
Contractors with the city of Sacramento are required to comply with applicable nondiscrimination laws. It is the city's intent, through the contracting practices outlined herein, to equalize the total compensation paid to similarly situated employees with spouses and employees with domestic partners.
The city council finds and determines that the public safety, health, convenience, and general welfare will be furthered by requiring that public funds be expended in a manner so as to prohibit contractors from discriminating between employees with spouses and employees with domestic partners, and from discriminating between the spouses and domestic partners of such employees, in the provision of employee benefits. (Ord. 2013-0038 § 3; Ord. 2004-061 § 1)