Minimum Wage, City of Los Angeles, Hospitality Industry

City of Los Angeles Hotel Workers’ Minimum Wage Increase Put on Hold

Jackson Lewis P.C. on 7/2/2025

The City of Los Angeles has put the minimum wage increase for hotel workers on hold. Certain provisions were to take effect on July 1, 2025. This decision comes after a referendum petition against the ordinance was filed...more

Olympic Sized Wages: LA City Council Takes Next Steps on “Olympic Wage” Ordinance

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 12/27/2024

The 2028 Los Angeles Olympics is already bringing change to the city. On December 11, 2024, the Los Angeles City Council voted 12-3 to approve a draft ordinance to amend the Living Wage Ordinance and the Hotel Worker Minimum...more

From Traffic to Tourism: Los Angeles Seeks to Hike Wages Ahead of the Olympics

Littler on 12/18/2024

On December 11, 2024, the Los Angeles City Council voted to approve a draft ordinance proposal to increase the minimum wage in the tourism industry ahead of the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics. This proposal was seemingly approved...more

Getting Local: City of Los Angeles Local Laws

Jackson Lewis P.C. on 6/21/2022

The City of Los Angeles, like many other major cities in the state of California, has several local employment law ordinances in effect. Employers should also be aware that the County of Los Angeles has some separate local...more

The City of Los Angeles Mandates Supplemental Paid Sick Leave Effective Immediately

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 4/9/2020

California and Los Angeles currently require covered employers to provide eligible employees with paid sick leave benefits. Effective immediately, the City of Los Angeles now requires employers that have either 500 or more...more

New Paid Sick Leave Laws in Los Angeles and San Diego Effective in July

Lathrop GPM on 6/14/2016

Just when you thought it was safe to finalize and distribute those 2016 California employee handbooks...not so fast! The City of Los Angeles is now implementing its own paid sick leave law (attached to the new city minimum...more