Minimum Wage, California, Exempt-Employees

California Increases State Minimum Wage

Lewitt Hackman on 8/8/2025

California is increasing its minimum wage to $16.90 per hour effective January 1, 2026. This represents a 40-cent increase from the current minimum wage of $16.50, which took effect on Jan. 1, 2025. The state minimum wage...more

California Minimum Wage Will Increase to $16.90 For All Businesses on January 1, 2026: What Employers Should Do Now

Fisher Phillips on 8/7/2025

California officials just announced that the statewide minimum wage will increase for all employers to $16.90 on January 1, 2026, as required by the state’s annual inflation-based adjustment process. The Department of Finance...more

California Minimum Wage Look to Rise to $16.90 in 2026

CDF Labor Law LLP on 8/6/2025

Section 1182.12 requires the California Department of Finance to calculate the appropriate state minimum wage adjustment annually based on cost of living changes....more

Local Governments Crank Up the Heat With Summer Minimum Wage Increases Effective July 1, 2025

Greenberg Glusker LLP on 7/1/2025

On July 1, 2025, minimum wage increases will go into effect in certain cities and counties in California. In the City of Los Angeles, the minimum wage will increase from $17.28/hour to $17.87/hour. For hotel employees at...more

California Cities Increase Minimum Wage

Lewitt Hackman on 6/30/2025

On July 1, 2025, several California cities will increase their local minimum wage. For example, the City of Los Angeles is increasing minimum wage to $17.87 per hour. Los Angeles County is increasing its minimum wage to...more

Legal Updates for New York and California Employers in 2025

Kelley Drye & Warren LLP on 1/13/2025

With 2025 having arrived and a new President known for shattering norms about to assume office, employers are eyeing the inevitable enforcement changes that the new administration will bring. But employers must remember to...more

Three Workplace Issues to Watch in 2024

Fox Rothschild LLP on 12/6/2023

It has been an eventful year for California employers, and I don’t anticipate a slowing of pace in 2024. Between higher minimum wages, increasingly complicated local ordinances (e.g. paid sick), and changing technological...more

California Raises Health Care Minimum Wage, Expands to Affect More Positions

Littler on 10/26/2023

California recently enacted Senate Bill 525, adding sections 1182.14 and 1182.15 to the California Labor Code and substantially raising the base minimum wage for health care workers. The new law also expands the definition of...more

Get Ready for More City Specific Minimum Wage Increases all over California in 2023

Fox Rothschild LLP on 11/30/2022

The state’s minimum wage is going up on January 1, 2023 to $15.50 per hour for employers of all sizes. The state’s minimum wage was originally scheduled to remain at $15.00 in 2023 for employers of 26 or more employees, and...more

Inflation Disrupts California’s Minimum Wage Rate Schedule, Prompts Pay Increases for Non-Exempt and Exempt Employees in 2023, and...

Littler on 8/4/2022

On July 27, 2022, the Director of California’s Department of Finance sent a letter to Governor Gavin Newsom and other state officials, noting that the Department had determined poor economic conditions necessitated expedited...more

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