The San Francisco Office of Labor Standards Enforcement announced on 17th, Oct that the City’s minimum wage would increase by 43 cents, from $9.36 per hour to $9.79 per hour effective January 1, 2009.
The Minimum Wage Ordinance, passed by San Francisco voters in November 2003, calls for annual rate adjustments based on the previous year’s Consumer Price Index for urban wage earners in the San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose metropolitan area.
According to San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom's office, the city will update multilingual posters to announce the new rates and mail the posters to 90,000 registered businesses and employers are required to post the notice in their workplace
The current national minimum wage is $6.55 per hour, while the California State minimum wage is currently $8.00 per hour.
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Tuesday, November 04, 2008
Sunday, February 03, 2008
California’s Minimum Wage Has Increased to $8.00 Per Hour in 2008
The state of California has increased their minimum wage from $7.50 per hour to $8.00 per hour effective January 1, 2008. California has been the highest state minimum wage in the nation apart from the state of Massachusetts.
"This wage increase will benefit more than 1.4 million hard-working Californians. With this increase, we are demonstrating the value we attach to the work these employees provide to our state and its dynamic economy," said Department of Industrial Relations Director John Duncan.
The minimum wage increase also affects the hourly base rate of pay for workers in the computer software information technology industries. The hourly base rate effective Jan. 1, 2008 will be $36.
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