To keep employers guessing, not only does the state minimum wage increase every year, but many cities do as well. Currently, California’s minimum wage is $11 per hour (or $10.50
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City of Los Angeles Expands Paid Sick Leave Requirements Effective July 1, 2016

In an Alert published on Thursday, we examine the new Los Angeles paid sick leave ordinance:
Employers in the…
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Time for a Mid-Year Handbook and Confidentiality Agreement Tune Up
As I have mentioned before, every California employer, large or small, needs three things: (1) an Employee Handbook that addresses California specific issues; (2) a comprehensive Confidentiality Agreement to…
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Bill to Further Increase State Minimum Wage Looks Dead
California’s state minimum wage — currently $9/hr — is poised to bump up to $10/hr on January 1, 2016. Last June, the state Senate passed a bill to increase …
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California Senate Votes to Further Increase Minimum Wage

The California Senate voted this week to increase the state’s minimum wage from its current $9 per hour to…
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Los Angeles Set To Raise Minimum Wage by July 2016
For those of you who don’t receive our Alerts or follow @WorkplaceWatch on Twitter, here’s a piece written by Carlos Becerra on LA’s new minimum wage ordinance.
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Efforts to Halt Los Angeles Hotel Minimum Wage Ordinance Thwarted
The hotel industry failed in its herculean effort to prevent the July 1, 2015 implementation of the Los Angeles Hotel Minimum Wage Ordinance. The Court denied the Hotel Associations’ motion…
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Fight To Halt The Los Angeles Hotel Minimum Wage Ordinance Continues
Since my last post on February 19, 2015 on the pending request for injunction filed by two Hotel Associations to stop implementation of the Los Angeles Citywide Minimum Wage Ordinance…
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Hotel Associations Sue to Block Los Angeles Minimum Wage Law
As reported here, two hotel associations have filed a lawsuit and are now seeking an injunction to stop the implementation of the Los Angeles Hotel Citywide Minimum Wage Ordinance…
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Lawsuit Filed to Challenge Los Angeles Hotel Citywide Minimum Wage Ordinance
Two hotel trade groups have filed a lawsuit to challenge the Citywide Hotel Worker Minimum Wage Ordinance (Ordinance), passed by the City Council in October, and slated to raise the…
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