Minimum Wage, Hotels, State and Local Government

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

Getting Local: Oakland Local Ordinances

Jackson Lewis P.C. on 9/1/2022

Employers in California are faced with a myriad of complex federal and state laws. It does not stop there. An employer with employees working in the City of Oakland may also need to comply with local ordinances....more

Hospitality Employers Take Note: Numerous Local Increases to the Minimum Wage Take Effect Now

Epstein Becker & Green on 1/3/2020

…With the start of the New Year, employers in the hospitality sector should prepare for new state- and local- minimum wage increases for their non-exempt employees. To help multi-jurisdictional employers easily navigate...more

Avalanche of New Laws Create Additional Requirements for Illinois Employers

Akerman LLP - HR Defense on 8/1/2019

Illinois employers must be cognizant of new Illinois laws including bans on salary history inquiries, restrictions on artificial intelligence interview programs, mandatory sexual harassment prevention training, limitations on...more

Oakland, California Passes Ballot Measure Targeting Hotel Employers and Creating New Enforcement Mechanisms for Employment-Related...

Littler on 11/21/2018

Voters in Oakland, California recently approved ballot "Measure Z," titled the "Oakland Minimum Wage Charter Amendment." The measure imposes new minimum wages and employment standards for some hotel workers, authorizes the...more

Hotel California: Annual Minimum Wage Increases Take Place on July 1st

Littler on 7/2/2018

The California cities of Santa Monica, Long Beach, and Los Angeles each mandate a separate minimum wage payable to hotel workers. The rates adjust annually on July 1. Below is a summary of the new rates, effective July 1,...more

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