By Riley McDermid
San Francisco Business Times, April 1, 2016
... Eric Edelson, CEO of Fireclay Tile, told the Business Times Friday he isn't worried about the wage hike, calling it "the right thing" to do. Fireclay Tile has 88 employees, 24 in San Francisco, the rest in Aromas in the South Bay. About 70 percent of his workforce is paid hourly.
"We are aiming to get to this as a starting wage by 2018 internally," Edelson told the Business Times. Edleson said he and his management team remain hopeful that beyond just the mandate for $15 per hour, that state and federal agencies will "re-look" at payroll taxes, unemployment, healthcare, insurance and other areas to find offsets.
"[That way], while businesses raise their per hour wage, the take from the government won't change dramatically so that some of these cost savings help support the $15 or more per hour wage," Edelson said. "This is essential to happen."