Category: Local Ordinances

Long Beach Adopts Self-Checkout Staffing Ordinance
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Long Beach Adopts Self-Checkout Staffing Ordinance

In late August 2025, the City of Long Beach approved a new ordinance implementing self-service checkout staffing requirements in certain retail settings. Effective September 21,…

Los Angeles City Hotel, Airport Worker Minimum Wage Increase Now in Effect, Affects Santa Monica Hotel Workers
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Los Angeles City Hotel, Airport Worker Minimum Wage Increase Now in Effect, Affects Santa Monica Hotel Workers

In late June 2025, a referendum petition challenging Los Angeles City’s hotel and airport worker minimum wage ordinance was filed with the Los Angeles City…

The city of Los Angeles’ new ordinance would cover employers with 500 or more employees nationally.
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Posted in Local Ordinances Minimum Wage

City of Los Angeles Hotel and Airport Worker Wage Increase Put on Hold After Referendum Petition Filed

Updated 09/16/2025: After the referendum petition failed, the $22.50 per hour hotel and airport worker minimum wage, along with the related changes discussed here, took…

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How to Deal with Predictive Scheduling, Scheduling Changes

We want to change our nonexempt employee’s schedule for next week. How far in advance do we need to notify the employee of schedule changes?…

Remember Los Angeles County’s Fair Workweek Ordinance Takes Effect July 1
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Remember Los Angeles County’s Fair Workweek Ordinance Takes Effect July 1

On July 1, 2025, Los Angeles County’s Fair Workweek ordinance takes effect, applying to retail businesses under the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) codes…

California Local Minimum Wage Increases for July 1, 2025
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California Local Minimum Wage Increases for July 1, 2025

UPDATE 09/16/2025: After a referendum petition failed, the $22.50 per hour hotel and airport worker minimum wage, along with the related changes discussed here, took…

City of Los Angeles Raises Wages for Hotel, Airport Workers
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City of Los Angeles Raises Wages for Hotel, Airport Workers

UPDATE 09/16/2025: After a referendum petition failed, the $22.50 per hour hotel and airport worker minimum wage, along with the related changes discussed below, took…

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San Francisco Employer’s Annual Reporting Form Due May 2, 2025

It’s that time of the year again! Employers covered by San Francisco’s Health Care Security Ordinance (HCSO) and/or Fair Chance Ordinance (FCO) must submit their…

LA City Council Approves Tourism Workers’ Minimum Wage Increase
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LA City Council Approves Tourism Workers’ Minimum Wage Increase

On December 11, 2024, the Los Angeles City Council voted to approve a plan to gradually increase the minimum wage for certain tourism workers —…

California Local Minimum Wage Rates Increasing January 1, 2025
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California Local Minimum Wage Rates Increasing January 1, 2025

Many California jurisdictions are ringing in the new year with local minimum wage increases so California employers should double check the local minimum wage(s) in…