Effective January 1, 2024, California’s minimum wage will increase to $16.00 per hour for all employers, regardless of size. Under California’s Labor Code, by August 1 of each year, the director of finance will determine if the minimum wage must be adjusted for inflation and, if so, calculate the increase in minimum wage by the
City of Los Angeles COVID-19 Supplemental Paid Sick Leave Is Ending
During the COVID-19 pandemic, California and several local jurisdictions implemented COVID-19 sick leave laws. Many of these laws are now expiring. California’s state COVID-19 supplemental paid sick leave expired on December 31, 2022 and Governor Newsom announced that the COVID-19 state of emergency will end on February 28, 2023.Continue Reading City of Los Angeles COVID-19 Supplemental Paid Sick Leave Is Ending
Washington, D.C., Voters Approve Phasing Out Tipped Minimum Wage
On November 8, 2022, voters in Washington, D.C., overwhelmingly passed Initiative 82, the “District of Columbia Tip Credit Elimination Act of 2021,” which will phase out the tipped mandatory base wage by 2027. Notably, a very similar initiative was passed in 2018 by the Council of the District of Columbia but was ultimately repealed.
Show Me the Money: New York City’s Pay Transparency Law Delayed Until November 1, 2022
On January 15, 2022, the New York City Council (the Council) enacted a law requiring employers in the city with four or more employees to disclose the expected salary range on internal and external job listings beginning on May 15, 2022.Continue Reading Show Me the Money: New York City’s Pay Transparency Law Delayed Until November 1, 2022
Cal-OSHA Approves Revised COVID-19 Workplace Rules
On June 3, 2021, California’s Occupational Safety & Healthy Standards Board approved significant revisions to the initial COVID-19-related Emergency Temporary Standards (ETS) originally implemented on November 19, 2020 (see Perkins Coie’s previous blog post here). The amended regulations can be found here and will likely become effective on June 15, 2021, pending review by