We analyze the impacts of recent city minimum wage increases in California and nationwide, following a pre‐analysis plan (PAP) registered prior to the release of data covering two years of minimum wage increases. For California cities, we find a hint of negative employment effects. Nationally, ...
"California is home to more than 500,000 fast-food workers who for decades have been fighting for higher wages and better working conditions," Newsom said. "Today, we take one step closer to fairer wages, safer and healthier working conditions, and better training by giving hardworking f...
The California Supreme Court, in the 1993 decision ofJohnson v. Calvert,held that such arrangements are permissible and that the intended mother — and not the surrogate — should be deemed a child’s mother. As of January 1, 2013, California law (AB1217) added to the Family Code the Uni...
This initiative has led to legislative changes in various states, setting the state minimum wage at $15 or higher: California: $16.00 Connecticut: $15.69 District of Columbia: $17.50 (effective from July 1, 2025) Massachusetts: $15.00 Maryland: $15.00 New Jersey: $15.13 (for employers with ...
increase in its minimum wage, to $20 an hour from $16. PacPizza, operating as Pizza Hut, and Southern California Pizza Co. — another Pizza Hut franchise, both gave notice of layoffs impacting workers in cities throughout the state, Business Insiderreported, citing notices filed with the ...
Automotive industry employers should take note that on January 1, 2023 several state and local minimum wages (as well as exempt employee thresholds) increase.
And some states have annual caps on annual inflation increases, such as California (3.5%), Minnesota (2.5%) and Vermont (5%). States that tie minimum wage increases to inflation adjust their wages as of Jan. 1, unless otherwise listed, according to the Economic Policy Institute. Those ...
SACRAMENTO - Doctors in California who mail abortion pills to patients in other states will be protected from prosecution. Workers will receive more paid sick leave on the heels of a big year for labor. And companies can't fire employees for using marijuana outside of work. ...
minimum wageemploymentCalifornialabor demandThis study uses employment data on California county-industry pairs (CIPs) between 1990 and 2016 to test whether minimum wage increases caused employment growthEven, William E.MacPherson, David A.Social Science Electronic Publishing...
Exempt employees in California are those whoearn more than twice the state's minimum wage.They must now be paid an annual salary of no less than $68,640, equivalent to$1,320 per weekto meet this minimum requirement. Employers must post theupdated Minimum Wage Orderand the Wage Order applic...