Wage and Hour, City of Los Angeles, New Legislation

Clocking in on Los Angeles County’s New Fair Work Week Ordinance

Kelley Drye & Warren LLP on 7/24/2025

Los Angeles County has joined the ranks of other urban governments, including the City of Los Angeles, that have enacted fair workweek ordinances in attempt to provide workers with more predictable schedules and fairer pay....more

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

Los Angeles One-Two Punch Revisited: More FAQs on the New Minimum Wage and Paid Sick Leave Ordinance

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 7/12/2016

On June 1, 2016, the Los Angeles City Council passed an ordinance impacting employers in the city of Los Angeles and mandating paid sick leave beyond that which is required under the recently passed California statute (Cal....more

Los Angeles and Santa Monica Require Enhanced Sick Leave Benefits

Ervin Cohen & Jessup LLP on 6/22/2016

Not satisfied with California’s Healthy Workplaces, Healthy Families Act of 2014 which provided paid sick leave to California workers starting in July of 2015, Santa Monica and Los Angeles joined a growing number of cities...more

A Reminder: Increased Minimum Wages for Santa Monica and Los Angeles

Ervin Cohen & Jessup LLP on 6/21/2016

An increase in temperatures will not be the only increase employers will see this July: employers in the City of Los Angeles and in the City of Santa Monica are reminded that minimum wages will increase starting on July 1,...more

Los Angeles One-Two Punch: Minimum Wage and Paid Sick Leave Changes Go Into Effect in July

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 6/16/2016

Los Angeles is once again in the spotlight as it implements changes in its laws that will impact many of its employers and their employees beginning July 1, 2016. On June 1, 2016, the City Council passed the Los Angeles...more