California raised its minimum wage to $ 14 an hour on Friday, with the goal of finally reaching $ 15 by 2023, according to The Associated Press.
In 2017, increasing wage increases in the Golden State took effect. Gavin Newsom
Gavin NewsomFlorida reports first case of new, contagious coronavirus strain LA Public Health Agency tweets death of COVID-19 every 10 minutes to encourage people to stay home Los Angeles County coronavirus deaths reach 10,000 total MORE (D) was authorized to suspend the increases temporarily, but said earlier this year he would not do so, citing the effect of such a move on frontline workers in particular.
“As we continue our efforts to slow the spread of COVID-19, we must also ensure that all Californians, while recovering, can benefit from its growth,” he said in July. “If this increase does not continue, it will make it harder for California residents who have already caused an exorbitant share of the economic hardship.”
The increase is only $ 13 per hour for businesses with less than 25 employees.
Several other new labor and business regulations will also come into effect Friday, 2021, including a requirement that all companies in the state have at least one racial or sexual minority in their board. The minimum will rise according to the AP by 2022 for boards with less than nine people and three for those with nine or more by 2022.
Another regulation requires all companies with at least 100 employees to provide racial, ethnic and gender distributions to the state to identify potential wage differences. The AP reports that the minimum number of employees before a company is needed to absent workers will be reduced from 50 employees to five.
The state has also expanded that customers must file discrimination or retaliation against employers from six months to a year.