California Pacific Medical Center fell short of a first-year local hiring target it agreed to as part of a deal with the city for a $2 billion overhaul of its medical facilities in San Francisco, including building two new hospitals, a city report shows. The Sutter Health-affiliated hospital group had a target of hiring 19 entry-level workers last year from economically disadvantaged backgrounds — 40 percent of its entry hires in San Francisco. The agreement requires it to contract with what’s known as a management services organization, often a group of physicians, in the Tenderloin to provide care for 1,500 residents through Medi-Cal. A coalition of housing, jobs and health care advocacy groups, including the California Nurses Association, disputed the city’s decision to find CPMC in compliance with the agreement. “When CPMC doesn’t do its part by holding up its end of the agreement, not only does it impact the community, it also has a ripple effect on the city budget when people can’t get jobs or access to promised health care,” said Gordon Mar, director of Jobs with Justice. Among other provisions, businesses will have to post schedules two weeks in advance, offer extra hours to part-time workers before hiring new employees, and avoid discriminating against employees who have commitments such as caregiving or school. [...] Lee sided with business leaders who opposed the bills, writing in a letter to the board that he could not sign the legislation despite being “very supportive of efforts to provide more rights and benefits to part time workers.” [...] during the affordability crisis our city faces, a one-size-fits-all approach crafted without meaningful dialogue with those impacted by legislation does not honor the complexity of San Francisco’s diverse business practices and may not result in supporting our part time workers. #SF #News #49ers
Posted on: Wed, 10 Dec 2014 00:12:42 +0000
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