Category: minimum wage

Petition Filed Against LA City Minimum Wage Hike for Health Care Workers

LOS ANGELES—A recently approved ordinance raising the minimum wage of some health care workers in the city to $25 per hour was temporarily suspended from taking effect Aug. 11 by the city clerk’s office after a referendum petition challenging the ordinance was filed. Mayor Eric Garcetti signed the ordinance into law in July after it…


Long Beach Adopts $25 Minimum Wage for Private Healthcare Workers

The Long Beach City Council voted unanimously Aug. 2 to boost the city’s minimum wage for health care workers from $15 to $25 per hour—a 67 percent increase. The new policy applies to workers from private health care facilities including clinicians, certified nursing assistants, janitors, technicians, and laundry workers. This is “[a] historic and important…


Department of Labor Fines Hawaiian Restaurant Group for Tip Violations

The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) has issued a statement against a group that operates numerous steak and seafood restaurants in Hawaii, claiming it has engaged in illegal labor practices at the expense of its servers. On June 30, the DOL issued a statement on the labor practices of the DK Restaurant Group, alleging that…


Minimum Wage Rates Go Up Friday in City, Unincorporated L.A. County

LOS ANGELES—Minimum-wage workers in the City of Los Angeles will get a modest pay boost starting July 1, with the hourly rate increasing to $16.04 and in unincorporated areas of LA County to $15.96. Prior to the date, the minimum wage had been $15. According to the mayor’s office, more than 600,000 Angelenos make minimum…


Los Angeles Tentatively OKs Healthcare Worker Wage Hike

LOS ANGELES—The Los Angeles City Council tentatively approved an ordinance on June 21 that would raise the minimum wage for people working at covered health care facilities in the city to $25 per hour. The “Minimum Wage for Employees Working at Healthcare Facilities” initiative, which was brought to the council through a successful petition drive,…


Australia’s Labor Government Backs Minimum Wage Increase to Combat Cost of Living

The Australian centre-left federal government has backed a minimum wage increase for the country’s workers arguing that pay rates “should not go backwards.” The submission from the government comes in a bid to help Australians cope with rising cost of living pressures including inflation rates of 5.1 percent, with the Reserve Bank of Australia estimating…


Australian Government to Push for An Increase in Minimum Wage

Newly elected Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese will sign a letter to the Fair Work Commission on Friday pushing for an increase in the minimum wage. Speaking to the Australian BC Radio on Friday, Albanese said the letter would notify the Fair Work Commission of the government’s intent to lodge a formal submission on the…


Labor Is ‘Chasing Some Artificial Number’ When Pushing for Wage Rise: Employment Minister

Employment Minister Stuart Robert has refused to say whether he thinks minimum wage should increase in line with inflation, as he criticised Labor for “chasing some artificial number.” It comes as new polling by RedBridge for the Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU) reveals almost 80 percent of people would be more likely to vote…


Inflation Triggers California Minimum Wage Increase in 2023

SACRAMENTO—California’s minimum wage will jump to $15.50 per hour next year, Gov. Gavin Newsom’s administration announced Thursday, an increase triggered by soaring inflation that will benefit about 3 million workers. The increase is required by a state law passed in 2016. But it comes at a good time for Democrats in the nation’s most populous…


California Minimum Wage to Increase in 2023 Amid Soaring Inflation

California will raise its minimum wage to $15.50 per hour for all workers beginning next year as inflation soars across the nation, Gov. Gavin Newsom announced Thursday. Newsom, a Democrat, noted that the increase was needed due to a provision in the state’s existing minimum wage law, signed by former Gov. Jerry Brown in 2016, which…