The City of West Hollywood is inviting community members to take part in upcoming discussions about the minimum wage in West Hollywood.
On Monday, August 23, 2021, the City will host two one-hour-long virtual Minimum Wage Workforce Discussions – one at 9 a.m. and the other at 4 p.m. – aimed at engaging people who work in West Hollywood’s workforce on the topic of minimum wage for West Hollywood workers. The discussion will include an informational presentation, an interactive survey, and a discussion for workers. Individuals who are part of the West Hollywood workforce are encouraged to attend and participate. Register via Zoom using the following links: · 9 a.m. Session: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZIvf-2vqj8pHdHFcc2xcZ9CS1W3TUXS1tsv
· 4 p.m. Session: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZYqduGoqDkrGdPFHrgtRXPO0M-wNFMgYmOU
On Tuesday, August 31, 2021, the City Council of the City of West Hollywood will hold a Study Session Regarding Living Wage and Minimum Wage by virtual teleconference. This Study Session will provide an opportunity to review how the living wage in West Hollywood is calculated, how the minimum wage relates to the living wage, and how to apply both the living wage and minimum wage. The Study Session will also provide the City Council with an opportunity to hear from City staff, who will present research and analysis, and from community members and stakeholders, who are encouraged to provide public comment.
Details about the Study Session will be provided on the City’s website calendar prior to the meeting at www.weho.org/calendar. A Study Session Agenda will be posted at www.weho.org/agendas, which will include links about how to view the meeting and how to join to provide public comment. The Study Session will be livestreamed and available for replay on the City of West Hollywood’s WeHoTV YouTube Channel at www.weho.org/wehotv.
The City of West Hollywood follows the State of California minimum wage schedule. In February 2021, the West Hollywood City Council provided direction to City staff to report back to the City Council with research and analysis about how the living wage rate is calculated as it relates to healthcare benefits, as well as to provide an informational review about the City’s minimum wage history, regional context, and details regarding potential changes to the minimum wage in West Hollywood.
For more information, please contact City of West Hollywood Management Analyst Paolo Kespradit at [email protected] or at (323) 848-6556. For people who are Deaf or hard of hearing, please call TTY (323) 848-6496.
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For reporters and members of the media seeking additional information about the City of West Hollywood, please contact the City of West Hollywood’s Public Information Officer, Sheri A. Lunn, at (323) 848-6391 or [email protected].
raise the minimum wage bringing in over 200,000 low wage seeking illegals per month over the border? democrat logic
To provide a “living wage” to adults is to enable them to have no incentive to take advantage of opportunities to do more for themselves. Low-skilled jobs are intended to be transitional jobs for mostly young people working their way to something better, either through the experience they gain or while they are in training for higher skilled positions. Low-skilled work should not be intended to support an adult living on his own, and certainly not to support a family. If their pay is enough to “get by” too many people are happy to stay there, complaining, but never being… Read more »
An excellent piece here by Steve Martin:
https://wehoonline.com/2016/03/19/opinion-beware-unintended-consequences-weho-minimum-wage-increase/
A “living wage” guarantees no 16 year old will ever be able to get a job!
Yup. Minimum wage jobs were never meant to be a “career.” As more businesses are forced to pay higher wages for jobs that require very little to no skill or education, they will phase out these jobs with automation.