California increased its minimum wage to $ 14 an hour on Friday, with the goal of reaching $ 15 by 2023, according to The Associated Press.
Incremental wage increases have had an effect on Golden State since 2017. The government. Gavin Newsom
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“As we continue our efforts to curb the spread of COVID-19, we must also ensure that, as our economy recovers, all Californians can benefit from its growth,” he said in July. “Not allowing this increase to advance will only make life difficult for Californians who have already endured a disproportionate share of the economic hardship caused by this pandemic.”
The increase will only be $ 13 per hour for companies with 25 or fewer employees.
Several other new labor and business regulations will also become effective Friday in early 2021, including the requirement that all state-based companies have at least one racial or sexual minority on the board. The minimum will increase to two for boards of less than nine people and three for those of nine or more in 2022, according to the AP.
Another regulation will require all companies with at least 100 employees to provide the state with racial, ethnic, and gender breakdowns to identify possible wage disparities. The minimum number of employees before a company is required to provide workers ’leave will be reduced from 50 to five, the AP reported.
The state also widened the window that workers must file complaints of discrimination or retaliation against employers from six months to a year.