California Minimum Wage Poster
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The Minimum Wage Poster is a labor law posters poster by the California Department Of Industrial Relations. This is a mandatory posting for all employers in California, and businesses who fail to comply may be subject to fines or sanctions.
This poster must be posted next to the establishment's IWC or the Industry Occupation Order. As of 2022, businesses with 26 or more employees must pay their workers no less than $15.00 per hour, or $14.00 per hour for any smaller businesses. The poster also displays the history of previous rates in the state of California. This ordinance does not apply to outside salespersons or individuals who are directly related to the employer (includes spouses). It also displays a table listing the meal and lodging rates as part of the minimum wage obligation. The poster includes information on the separability of provisions as well.
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Amend s Genera l PL EASE PO ST NEXT TO YOU R IW C OR I NDUSTRY OC CUPATION ORD ER O IFFI CIAL N OTI C IE California Minimum Wage MW-2 021 EFF ECTIV E D ATE Employ ers with 25 or Fewer Emp loyees * Emp loyers with 2 6 or More Employ ees * January 1, 2 021 $13 .00 $14 .00 January 1, 2022 $14 .00 $1 5.00 January 1, 2023 $15.00 $15.00 PREVIOUS YEAR January 1, 2020 $12 .00 $13.00 * Employees treated as employed by a single qualified taxpayer pursuant to Revenue and Taxation Code section 23626 are treated as employees of that single taxpayer. To emp loyers and representatives of persons working in industries and occupations in the Sta te of California: S UMMARY OF ACT IONS T A KE NOTIC E that on April 4, 2016, the Governor of California si gned legis lat ion passed by the Cal iforn ia L egisl ature , ra is ing t he minimum wag e for a ll ind ustries . (S B 3 , S ta ts o f 2 016, amend ing section 118 2.1 2. of the Cal ifornia Labor Cod e.) Pur suant to its authority und er Labo r Code sec ti on 1182 .13, t he D epartm ent of I ndustria l R ela tions a m ends and r epublishes Sect io n s 2, 3, and 5 of the Gen era l Mi nimum Wag e Orde r, MW -20 19. Sec ti o n 1, Applica bility, a nd Section 4, Se para bility, have not been ch an ged . C onsiste nt with t his enactmen t, amendm ents are mad e to the mi nimu m wage, and the m eals an d lodgi ng cred its sect ions of a ll of the IWC's ind ustry a nd occup ation or ders . Thi s summary must be made available to employees i n acco rdance with the IWC's wag e orders . Copies of the fu ll text of the amended wage orders may be o btai ned by dow nloading on li n e at https://www.dir.ca.gov/iwc/WageOrderIndustries.htm o r b y contacting you r local Division of Labor Standards Enforcement office. 1. APPLICABI LITY The provisions of this O rde r shall not app ly to outs ide salespers ons and individuals who are the parent, spouse , or child ren of t he employer previous ly conta ined in th is Order and the IWC's in dust ry and occu pation orders. Exceptions and m odifications provided by statute or i n Section 1, Applicabil ity , and in other sect ions of the IWC's i ndustry and oc cupa tion orders may be used whe re any suc h prov isions are en forceab le and app lic ab le to the em ploye r. 2. M INIMUM W AG E S E very employe r shall pay to each employee wages n ot l ess than those stated above, on each effective date, per hour for all ho urs wo rked. 3. MEALS AND LODGING CREDITS - TAB L E W hen credit for meals or lodging is used to meet part of the employer 's minimum wage obligation, the a mounts so credited pursuant to a voluntary written agreement may not be mor e than t he follow ing EFFECTIVE: JANUARY 1, 20 20 JANUARY 1, 202 1 JANUARY 1, 202 2 JANUARY 1, 202 3 For an employer who employs: 26 or More Employees 25 or Fewer Employees 26 or More Employees 25 or Fewer Employees 26 or More Employees 25 or Fewer Employees All Employers regardless of number of Employees LODGING Room occupied alone $61.13 /week $56.43 /week $65.83 /week $61.13 /week $70.53 /week $65.83 /week $70.53 /week Room shared $50.46 /week $46.58 /week $54.34 /week $50.46 /week $58.22 /week $54.34 /week $58.22 /week Apartment ? two thirds (2/3) of the ordinary rental value, and in no event more than: $734.21 /month $677.75 /month $790.67 /month $734.21 /month $847.12 /month $790.67 /month $847.12 /month Where a couple are both employed by the employer, two thirds (2/3) of the ordinary rental value, and in no event more than: $1086.07 /month $1002.56 /month $1169.59 /month $1086.07 /month $1253.10 /month $1169.59 /month $1253.10 /month MEALS Breakfast $4.70 $4.34 $5.06 $4.70 $5.42 $5.06 $5.42 Lunch $6.47 $5.97 $6.97 $6.47 $7.47 $6.97 $7.47 Dinner $8.68 $8.01 $9.35 $8.68 $10.02 $9.35 $10.02 Meals or lodg ing may not be c redited aga inst t he mi nimum wage w ithou t a voluntary wr itten agreement between the emp loyer and t he em ployee . When credit fo r meals or l odging is used to meet part of the emp loyer's min imum wage ob li gation, the amounts so cred ited may not be m ore than the amoun ts stated in the t able above . 4. SE PARAB ILITY If the app lication of an y p rovision of th is Order , or any section, subsection, subdivi sion, sente nce, clause, phrase, word or port ion of th is O rde r should be he ld invali d, unc onst itut iona l, unauthor ized, or prohib ited by statute, t he re m aini ng p rovisions thereof shall not be affected thereby, but s hall co ntinue to be given fu ll fo rce and effe ct as if t h e pa rt so held invalid or unconstit utio nal had not been in cluded herein. 5. AMENDED PROVISIONS Th is Order amends the m inimu m wage and m eals and lo dging cred its in MW -201 9, as wel l as in the IWC’s industry and occupation orders . (See Orders 1-15, Secs . 4 and 10; and Orde r 16, Secs . 4 and 9 .) This Orde r ma kes no other changes t o the IWC’s industry and occupation orders . These Am en d ments to the Wage Orders shall be in effect as of Jan uary 1 , 2021 . Q ue stion s abou t enforcemen t sho uld be dir ected to th e Labor Commiss ione r's Office . For the address a nd tel eph one n umbe r of the office nea res t yo u, i nfo rmat ion can be fo und on th e in tern et a t www.dir.ca.gov/DLSE/dlse.html o r under a search for “ Cali forni a Labor Comm issi oner's O ffice” o n th e int ernet or any ot her directory. The La bor Commissioner h as offices i n t h e f ollow ing cities : Ba kers field, El Ce ntro, Fresno, Long Beach, Los Angeles, Oak la n d , R edding, Sacram ento, Sa lin as, San Berna rd in o, San Die go, San Francisco, S an Jose, Santa A na, Santa Barbar a, Santa Rosa, Stockton, and Va n Nuys.
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