Tag: Minimum Wage
Study Finds Job Killer Health Care Pay Bill Increases Costs $8B/Year
An economic analysis released last week found that a health care industry wage increase proposal would increase costs for public and private health care...
Labor/Employment-Related Job Killer Bills Moving in Legislature
Several troubling labor and employment-related job killer bills have been moving through the legislative committee process.
The bills passed last week including California Chamber of...
Four 2023 Bills That Would Negatively Affect California Employers
In Episode 171 of The Workplace podcast, CalChamber employment law expert Matthew Roberts and CalChamber Policy Advocate Ashley Hoffman discuss four bills that, if...
Compliance Tips for 2023
In Episode 167 of The Workplace podcast, CalChamber employment law expert Matthew Roberts and CalChamber’s vice president of employment law, Bianca Saad, discuss the...
State, Local Minimum Wage Rates Increase on January 1, 2023
What are the minimum wage increases I need to know about for the new year?
Many California cities will ring in 2023 by increasing their...
California Minimum Wage Projected to Increase to $15.50
On May 12, Governor Gavin Newsom announced that California’s minimum wage is projected to increase to $15.50 per hour for all employers, regardless of...
Minimum Wage Hikes Effective January 1 Include Local Rate Increases
I just heard West Hollywood passed a local minimum wage ordinance. How do local minimum wage ordinances interact with the statewide minimum wage and...
Governor Declines to Delay Minimum Wage Hike Scheduled for 2021
Last week, Governor Gavin Newsom announced that he won’t delay the minimum wage increase scheduled to begin on January 1, 2021.
While acknowledging that current...
Conditions Right for Delay in Minimum Wage Increase
The 2016 legislation setting up the schedule to increase the minimum wage, SB 3 (Leno; D-San Francisco), enabled the Governor to postpone by a...
Remote Workers May Be Subject to Local Wage, Sick Leave Ordinances
If our work site is located in an area where only the California minimum wage rate applies, but due to COVID-19, some of our...
