BREAKING NEWS: California Delays Minimum Wage Law to 10/15 or Later

California’s new Health Care Workers Minimum Wage Law (S.B. 525), set to take effect July 1, has been delayed until October 15 at the earliest. Therefore, employers do NOT have to pay the higher minimum wage for health care facilities that was scheduled to go into effect on July 1, according to HCAOA Associate Member Attorney Bob King of Legally Nanny.

​King has advised his clients in California that if they staff caregivers in any of the facilities listed in S.B. 525, they must pay the higher minimum wages specified in the statute on the effective date. The exact minimum wage will depend on the type of facility, how many employees it has, and the phase-in of the minimum wage increase, all as defined in the statute.

Stay tuned for additional updates and clarification.