Minimum Wage, Hotels, Airports

L.A Hotel Worker Wage Ordinance Faces Referendum Challenge

Stokes Wagner on 7/7/2025

In 2014 The Los Angeles City Council passed the Citywide Hotel Worker Minimum Wage Ordinance. At the end of May 2025, amendments were passed including a significant minimum wage increase in July 2025 to $22.50 and an hourly...more

City of Los Angeles Passes Olympic Wage Increases and Other Entitlements for Hotel and Airport Workers

Jackson Lewis P.C. on 5/29/2025

On May 27, the City of Los Angeles passed amendments to the Living Wage Ordinance (LWO) and the Hotel Worker Minimum Wage Ordinance (HWMO). The development of these amendments began in December 2024, and since then have been...more

Los Angeles City Council Approves Minimum Wage Hike for Airport and Hotel Workers

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 12/18/2024

The Los Angeles City Council has approved raising the minimum wage rate for hotel and airport workers to $22.50 per hour by July 2025, with yearly increases until the rate reaches $30.00 per hour by July 2028....more

Update: Los Angeles City Council Moves to Amend Minimum Wage for Hotel and Airport Workers with Carve Outs and Add-Ons

BakerHostetler on 12/17/2024

On Wednesday, December 11, the Los Angeles City Council approved a motion to amend the Living Wage Ordinance, which regulates wages for airport workers, and the Hotel Worker Minimum Wage Ordinance, which regulates wages for...more

Los Angeles City Council Postpones Vote on Hotel and Airport Workers Until December 11, 2024

BakerHostetler on 11/26/2024

During the Los Angeles City Council’s meeting on November 20, 2024, the council discussed whether to approve proposed amendments to the Living Wage Ordinance and the Hotel Worker Minimum Wage Ordinance. The amendments would...more

Los Angeles City Council To Consider Minimum Wage Increase to $25 per Hour for Hotel and Airport Workers

BakerHostetler on 10/31/2024

On Wednesday, October 23, the Los Angeles City Council’s Economic, Community Development, and Jobs Committee unanimously voted to advance a proposal to the full City Council that would raise the minimum wage for hotel and...more

Los Angeles City Council Proposes Minimum Wage Increase for Hotel and LAX Workers

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 4/21/2023

On April 7, 2023, the Los Angeles City Council proposed an ordinance to increase the minimum wage for both hotel workers and Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) workers. If passed, the ordinance would raise the minimum...more

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