c. Beginning on July 1, 2026, the wage rate for an Employee shall be no less than $25.00 per hour. d. Beginning on July 1, 2027, the wage rate for an Employee shall be no less than $27.50 per hour. e. Beginning on July 1, 2028, the wage rate for an Employee shall be no less than $30.00 per hour. f. Beginning on July 1, 2029, and annually thereafter on July 1, the hourly wage rate for an Employee of an Employer servicing the Airport shall be adjusted higher by a percentage equal to the percentage increase, if any, in the Bureau of Labor Statistics Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W) for the Los Angeles metropolitan area, as measured from January to December of the preceding year. The DAA shall announce the adjusted rates on February 1st, or within two weeks of the release of the prior year’s CPI-W, whichever is later, and publish a bulletin announcing the adjusted hourly wage rates, which shall take effect on July 1st of each year. (ii) If an Employer servicing the Airport does not provide an Employee with health benefits as provided in Section 10.37.3 of this article, the Employee shall be paid the applicable wage rate in Section 10.37.2(a)(2)(i) and an additional wage rate as follows: a. Beginning on July 1, 2024, an Employer servicing the Airport shall pay an additional wage rate of $5.95 per hour. b. Beginning on July 1, 2025, an Employer servicing the Airport shall pay an additional wage rate of $7.65 per hour. c. Beginning on July 1, 2026, an Employer servicing the Airport shall pay an Employee an additional wage rate per hour equal to the health benefit payment in effect for an Employee pursuant to Section 10.37.3(a)(5). (3) An Employer may not use tips or gratuities earned by an Employee to offset the wages required under this article. (b) Compensated Time Off. An Employer shall provide an Employee compensated time off as follows: (1) An Employee who works at least 40 hours per week or is classified as a full-time Employee by the Employer shall accrue no less than 96 hours of compensated time off per year. (2) An Employee who works less than 40 hours per week and is not classified as a full-time Employee by the Employer shall accrue hours of compensated time off in increments proportional to that accrued by an Employee who works 40 hours per week. (3) General Rules for Compensated Time Off.