(Strate Minimum Wage to increase)...With the New Year comes new laws.

One of those is the minimum wage. In California the minimum wage increases on January first. It will increase to $16 per hour, unless you are a HealthCare worker. The minimum wage for Healthcare workers will increase to $23 per hour. SB 616 goes into effect, as well. The bill deals with sick leave. According to the bill, employees who have been working in California for the same employer for 30 or more days within their starting year. The bill will require an employee to have no less than 40 hours or five days accrued sick leave or paid time off by the 200th calendar day of employment, or in each 12 month period. SB 848 says an employee can use up to five days off upon the death of a family member., The bill would allow reproductive leave within 3 months of the event.