"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 fast...
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...
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, ...
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 ...
Restaurateurs in California are starting to take their own action showing disapproval of the newly-enacted statewide $20 minimum wage. "We have a very finite set of economic conditions that need to be met for us to make money. And certainly, this bill has cast doubt [as] to whether ...
Automotive industry employers should take note that on January 1, 2023 several state and local minimum wages (as well as exempt employee thresholds) increase.
TheCalifornia Department of Industrial Relationsnotes that some of the employees that are exempt from minimum wage requirements include outside salespeople, individuals directly related to the employer and apprentices for certain trade jobs. However, exempt employees are often expected to work more than ...
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 ...
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...