After several delays, the long-awaited California health care worker minimum wage law takes effect on October 16, 2024. When the California Department of Health Care Services submitted a notice to the Joint Legislative Budget Committee that data retrieval necessary for Medi-Cal increases began on October 1, it created a 15-day window for the health care| HRWatchdog -
California’s health care worker minimum wage gets delayed again — with a few possible start dates depending on certain circumstances. In 2023, Governor Gavin Newsome signed SB 525, which required certain health care facilities to pay a special minimum wage to their employees starting June 1, 2024. Then, on the certain subsequent June 1, that| HRWatchdog -
On Thursday, August 1, the California Department of Finance Director Joe Stephenshaw officially certified that beginning January 1, 2025, California’s minimum wage will increase from $16 per hour to $16.50 per hour for all employers, regardless of size. Per California’s Labor Code, once the state’s minimum wage reaches $15 per hour — which occurred January 1, 2023| HRWatchdog -
