Minimum-wage workers in the Golden State will get an hourly pay raise in the new year. Under California law, the state minimum wage rises to $15 per hour for employers with 26 or more workers and to $14 hourly for employers with 25 or less employees on Jan. 1, 2022.
California’s minimum wage is about double that set by the federal government.
This news began at the state Capitol. In April 2016, Democratic Gov. Jerry Brown, Jr. signed the measure into law. With the stroke of his pen, California became the first state in the U.S. to hike the hourly minimum wage. Labor unions and the “Fight for 15” campaign helped to push the then-governor to sign this bill.
“If restaurant owners want to thrive, they need to start by investing in their employees.” — Karter Louis
The law comes with metrics. “This law increases the minimum wage over time consistent with economic expansion, while providing safety valves to pause wage increases if negative economic or budgetary conditions emerge,” according to a Dec. 14 news release from the state Department of Industrial Relations.
There is business support for a higher minimum wage. Karter Louis is CEO of Soul Slice Pizza in Oakland. “For too long, the restaurant industry has put employees last,” he said in an email, “a low-wage model that has proven short-sighted and unsustainable.”
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