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As relayed in our December, 2016 blog Hot Off the Presses, no less than 23 local governments are now requiring minimum wage levels higher than the California standard. Nine municipalities are raising their rates effective July 1, 2017, with larger Emeryville employers the hardest hit. Berkeley will again raise its rate on October 1.
*Note: Locations with an asterisk have not updated their notices yet. We recommend checking the official website shortly before the effective date to download the most current notice.
Each such ordinance carries its own particular definitions of which employees are covered, including the threshold number of days or hours of labor within that city’s or county’s boundaries for that particular law to apply. A more fundamental question is whether a given work location is within a municipality’s geographic limits, not necessarily a straightforward issue in a widespread city as Los Angeles. See: map, City of L.A..
For more information, please contact one of our attorneys, Tim Bowles, Cindy Bamforth, or Helena Kobrin.
Cindy Bamforth
May 19, 2017
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