This article originally appeared in The Bear Facts, June 23, 2023 (LEAD: Member News, This Week’s Webinar Recording, Upcoming Events, etc.) on June 23, 2023.
On July 1, many cities throughout CA will see an increase in their minimum wage. While the CA state minimum wage has adjusted annually on January 1 for the last several years, many CA cities and counties increase their minimum wage each July. Below is a list of some of the cities that will see an increased minimum wage effective July 1 (this is not a comprehensive list, so please do your due diligence for your area):
- City of LA: $16.78/hr
- Berkeley: $18.07/hr
- County of LA (unincorporated areas): $16.90/hr
- Emeryville: $18.67/hr
- Malibu: $16.90/hr
- Pasadena: $16.93/hr
- San Francisco: $18.07/hr
- Santa Monica: $16.90/hr ($19.73/hr for hotel employers and businesses operating on hotel property)
- **West Hollywood: $19.08/hr
**In addition to increasing the minimum wage, last year the City of West Hollywood enacted an ordinance effective July 1, 2022, entitling full-time employees to at least 96 hours of compensated time off work and 80 hours of uncompensated time off work per year for sick leave, vacation, or personal necessity. Part-time employees are to be provided compensated and uncompensated hours in increments proportional to those accrued by full-time employees
Note that employees are entitled to receive the minimum wage that is applicable to the city or county in which they work. This means that if your business is based in the City of LA for example, but you have hourly employees working from home in San Francisco, the San Francisco minimum wage would apply to those employees.
If you are uncertain if minimum wages have changed in your area, now’s a good time to be pro-active and find out.
