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Beginning January 1, 2024, the statewide minimum wage in California will increase to $16.00/hour, but some cities within the state may require higher wages. Many CA city minimum wages are determined by the cost of living and are much higher than federal or state minimums. Some cities in Ca...
Chains, such as McDonald's and Starbucks, with 100 or more outlets nationwide are targeted by the minimum wage hike. Notably, the law doesn't apply to restaurants with on-site bakers that sell bread as a stand-alone item –a point of contention that saw California Gov. Gavin Newsom f...
Almost all employees in California must be paid the state or local minimum wage for all hours worked. See Minimum Wage. There are some exemptions to the minimum wage, but those exemptions are not the same as under federal law. See Exemptions. Employers must be particularly careful to avoid ...
As of January 1, 2024, the current minimum wage in California is $16.00 per hour. It is illegal for California employers to pay workers less than minimum wage.
California's minimum wage for most workers in the state is $16 an hour. Voters will decide in November whether to increase that gradually to $18 an hour, which would be the highest statewide minimum wage in the U.S., by 2026. Fast food workers in California must now have to be pai...
$20.00 for fast food restaurant employees covered by California’s Fast Food Minimum Wage law Colorado $14.42 Connecticut $15.69 D.C. $17.05 (increases to $17.50 on July 1, 2024) Delaware $13.25 Florida $12.00 (increases to $13.00 on September 30, 2024) Georgia** $7.25 ($5.15 for ...
“Workers need a living wage,” is California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s stubborn justification for signing the $20 per hour fast-food minimum wage bill into law. “We saw the inequities….We had a responsibility to do more.” Math is hard. ...
California's $20 minimum wage requirement for fast food workers is $4 higher than the $16 average for other industries inthe Golden State, which is still more than double the federal minimum wage of $7.25. GET FOX BUSINESS ON THE GO BY CLICKING HERE ...
Minimum wage rates exceed the federal rate in 30 states and the District of Columbia as of January 2024. The District of Columbia has the highest minimum wage at $17 per hour. The second highest is Washington State at $16.28. New York and California are tied for third place at $16.11 ...