Changes in state law that will affect the workplace in a number of ways go into effect Jan. 1.
The state’s minimum wage will increase to $16 per hour, following a 2016 law that ties wage increases to inflation.Â
AB 1228 raises the minimum wage for fast food workers to $20 an hour from April 2024 and establishes a fast-food council, operational for five years, to determine future wage and working conditions in this sector. SB 525 increases the minimum wage for healthcare workers, including nursing assistants, medical technicians, and janitorial staff, to $23 an hour by June 2024, with an eventual increase to $25 an hour over the following two years.
SB 616 extends paid sick leave from three to a minimum of five days per year for all California workers, inclusive of both hourly and salaried employees. SB 848 mandates a five-day leave for employees experiencing “reproductive loss,” such as a miscarriage or a failed adoption.
AB 783 mandates that businesses put up signage on single-user restrooms to indicate their availability to all genders. AB 2188 makes it illegal for employers to discriminate based on an employee’s off-job cannabis use. Similarly, SB 700 prohibits employers from inquiring about a job applicant’s cannabis use.
SB 497 protects workers from retaliation for discussing or inquiring about wages. SB 699 and AB 1076 collectively target non-compete contracts in California, making them unenforceable, even if they were signed in other states.
The state should be focused on ways to reduce prices for people. Who are the people who always get hurt the most by high state gas taxes? It’s always the working people who drive to work or who drive for a living . Why does California have the highest gas prices in the country? Increasing the minimum wage sounds like a great idea but it also means restaurants have to now raise prices to compensate for higher overhead. People in Weho are already complaining about high food and drink prices. Just wait until 2024.
Some good stuff happening for the lowly workers.
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🎉 Welcome to the Progressive New World of the 21st century❗👏🏽
Yes, the “Progressive New World” under a future Donald Trump presidency. Thanks for nothing. I hope you like all his disgusting federal judges who have taken away woman’s rights and gay rights.