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Gov. Gavin Newsom and lawmakers are trying to negotiate the wage increase as the state faces a large budget deficit. California lawmakers move to delay new health care worker minimum wage as ...
Lawmakers on Monday moved to gut the language in Senate Bill 828 and replace it with an urgency bill that will push the date for the first in a series of pay increases from June 1 to July 1.
The backer of California's recently defeated minimum wage ... fast-food restaurants in the state with 60 or more locations were mandated to start paying their employees at least $20 per hour ...
In California, the state minimum wage as of January 1, 2024 was $16 per hour. [6] [note 1] As of July 2024, California had the highest minimum wage of any state and was the highest in the country except for some part of New York (which also have a $16/hour minimum wage) and the District of Columbia (which has a minimum wage of $17.50/hour). [9]
This would increase the minimum wage to $18 per hour by 2026, up from the current rate of $16 per hour for most people. Fast food workers already got a pay boost this year to at least $20 an hour, and some health care workers now make a minimum of $23 an hour. If approved, California would have the country’s highest statewide minimum wage.
Democrats in California have agreed to delay a minimum wage increase for about 426,000 health care workers to help balance the state's budget. The agreement between Gov. Gavin Newsom and ...
The California Attorney General's office and local prosecutors can also sue companies. [21] Proponents of the bill said it would give workers previously classified as contractors minimum wage, overtime, sick leave, unemployment and other benefits, and prevent the state from losing $8 billion from unpaid payroll taxes.
Increasing his employees' wages will cost Johnson about $470,000 each year. He will have to raise prices anywhere from 5% to 15% at his stores, and is no longer hiring or seeking to open new locations in California, he said. “I try to do right by my employees. I pay them as much as I can.