On January 1, 2017, the California minimum wage will increase
for businesses with more than 25
employees from $10 per hour to $10.50 per hour. This
is another step
toward a $15 per hour minimum wage on January 1, 2022. You can
see a schedule of the planned increases here. The legislation allows the governor to
pause increases for a year if budget or economic factors
dictate.
In addition, more than 20 cities and counties, three ports, and
various business zones have their own minimum wage/living wage
ordinances (which the good folks at UC Berkeley (Go Bears!) have
been kind enough to track for you here).
Businesses subject to the state increase (i.e. those with more
than 25 employees) will see a corresponding increase in the minimum
salary required for the executive, administrative, and professional
exemptions to $43,680. That's not so bad considering that, up
until last week, we thought that number would be $47,476 under
federal legislation that would have taken
