Posts tagged Senate Bill 525
California Creates a Second "Selective" Minimum Wage: Health Care Workers’ Minimum Wage Set to Increase to $25 an Hour -With Some Workers Receiving a Raise of $7.50 an Hour in 7 Months.

Employers beware! California’s legislature has now created “selective” minimum wage for employees working in two industries- fast food and (now) healthcare. California’s current state minimum wage is set at $15.50 an hour and will increase to $16.00 an hour in January of 2024- a mere 50 cents! Just weeks after California enacted a new law to increase the minimum wage for fast food workers to $20 an hour, California enacted a second law to increase the minimum wage for health care workers to $25 an hour. This second law gives some healthcare workers a pay raise of $7.50 an hour in only 7 months!

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