Minimum wage

Local jurisdictions, such as Los Angeles County, will update their minimum wage ordinance, with their hourly pay rates exceeding that of the state’s requirement. Currently, Californian’s minimum wage is $16.90 per hour for most economic sectors.

Hotel and hospitality workers as well as those in the health care industry in some cities will see their hourly pay rates go up, starting on July 1.

Here’s are the new minimum hourly rates for general workers:

Hotel and hospitality minimum wage per hour:

New minimum hourly rate for health care workers:

• Large hospitals, facilities with over 10,000 full-time employees: $25
• General: $23.00
• Clinics (ex. Urgent care): $22.00
• Independent rural hospitals: $19.28

Food, beverage labeling: AB 660 seeks to standardize how goods are labeled with more specific phrasing of when the products are expected to expire. The new law will also promote grocery donations while reducing food waste, according to the bill’s authors.

• Best if used by or best if frozen by: the labeling is supposed to clearly indicate the window of peak product quality, taste or freshness.
• Use by or freeze by: the phrasing notes the hard deadline for high-risk food items.
• Sell-by dates will largely be banned.
• Wine: bottlers can note packaging dates.
• Deli/prepared foods: grocery stores are permitted to use a “packed on” label.
• Exemptions: infant formula, eggs, beer

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