Dan M Forman

Dan M Forman

March 28, 2017 | The Recorder

Calif.'s Patchwork of Local Minimum Wages a 'Minefield' for Employers

California's robust and lucrative market is also an expensive one, and that cost is increasing. California's recent minimum wage increase will, over 18 months, create the highest state minimum wage in U.S. history, by 2023 at $15 per hour. Further, many of California's employee-friendly cities and local governments have enacted local wage ordinances that exceed or differ from statewide requirements, making the decision of where to do business in California increasingly complex.

By Dan M. Forman

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