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California’s minimum wage will rise on Jan. 1 to $16 per hour for employers of every size as a result of inflation. Wages in more than 30 California counties are already higher and most of them will rise again in either January or July. Employers always must pay the local minimum wage in the employer’s place of business if it is higher than California’s minimum wage. Dentists should familiarize themselves with their local government wage order and ordinances. A CDA member resource links to current city and county wage orders and ordinances.
California’s minimum wage will rise again Jan. 1, 2024 – to $16 per hour for employers of every size as a result of inflation. But local ordinances in more than 30 California counties set the minimum wage, sometimes called a living wage, even higher, and these increases typically take effect in January or July. Employers in 26 cities and counties will begin paying a higher local minimum wage in 2024.
Employers always must pay the local minimum wage in the employer’s place of business if it is higher than California’s minimum wage. And employers with exempt employees should evaluate their workers’ salaries because exempt employees in California generally must earn a minimum monthly salary of no less than two times the state minimum wage for full-time employment.
Dental offices generally are not included in the health care worker minimum wage that will take effect in June 2024.
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