California minimum wage is set to increase on January 1, 2023. And, if inflation increases by 7% or more this fiscal year, there will be additional minimum wage obligations taking
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Employers Beware! The New Pay Data Reports You File will be Used to Target Enforcement Actions
[UPDATE: Guidance issued by the California Department of Fair Employment and Housing on these new requirements may be found here.]
California employers with 100 or more employees are now…
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Guide Lists Updated Minimum Wage Rates Across California

Keeping track of the minimum wage in California is no small task. There are now 32 localities with higher minimum wage rates than the state.
Half Moon Bay and Hayward…
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3 New California Cities Enact Minimum Wage Laws
California now has 39 separate minimum wages. First, you have two state minimum wages ($12 for employers with 26 or more employees; $11 for 25 or fewer). Then 27 cities…
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All the California Minimum Wage Information You Need In One Place
We write a lot about minimum wages. That’s not because we’re unimaginative. We’re very imaginative. We can imagine things that you couldn’t even imag… But I digress.
Our own Tyreen …
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Preparing for New Year Minimum Wage Increases
I’m having a hard time believing December is here, perhaps partly due to our unseasonably warm temperatures here in LA. The holidays will be quickly upon us and the turn…
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Where Do Fitness Instructors “Fit” in the Current Worker Classification System?
Guest blog post by Mikella Wickham:
They say location is everything in business. How about classification of workers?
In certain industries, workers have a unique combination of specified skills and…
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New Los Angeles Hotel Ordinance Minimum Wage Rate Announced
Its almost July 1st and that means increased minimum wages in the City of Los Angeles as well as under the Citywide Hotel Worker Minimum Wage Ordinance. Hotel workers covered…
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Invitation: Join Us in San Francisco on January 27 for a 2017 Employment Law Update

I hope you’ll join my Fox colleagues Keith Chrestionson and Jaemin Chang and me on January 27 for the next in our series of breakfast briefings in our San Francisco …
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Top 10 Trends Facing California Employers in 2017
A new year brings a new top 10 list!
With a very Democratic state legislature that is well positioned…
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