New Bill Proposes a $25 Federal Minimum Wage

A new bill is making waves since it was introduced on April 28 of this year because it seeks dramatically increase the federal minimum for the first time since 2009. The new bill is named the Living Wage for All act and it would require employers to pay a minimum wage of $25 per hour. The fact that some legislators are even considering a bill that would raise federal minimum wage so drastically from $7.25 an hour to $25 an hour may be of interest to some employers. If the federal minimum wage is increased, employers will have a bigger burden to shoulder- especially in those areas where the current federal minimum wage is in fact the prevailing wage.

Update: Los Angeles’ Citywide Hotel Minimum Wage Ordinance Is Already Having Disastrous Effects on the Local Economy

The implementation of the City of Los Angeles’ Hotel Worker Minimum Wage Ordinance (“Ordinance”), which was adopted in May of 2025 and became effective in September of 2025, has already had disastrous effects in the first six months. Employers have been forced to cut costs and the hotel industry, its employees, and its partners are paying dearly for this implementation: they are paying with their entire livelihood. Instead of smaller, incremental, merit based hourly wage increases, the minimum wage mandate forced an entire industry and those who rely on this industry to absorb extraordinary increases in costs nearly overnight.

California Fast Food Council Commands a Budget of $1.1 Million and Does Nothing For Most of 2025

The California Fast Food Council failed to hold meetings for most of 2025 and has yet to meet with all nine members present. Considering the Council’s massive budget of $1 Million and the fact that its decisions have had a major impact on California’s fast food employers, business owners, and employees, seeing this Council lay dormant for so long and fail to hold its required meetings is a massive disappointment.

L.A. Airport Workers and Hotel Workers Will Be Earning $30 An Hour by July 2028

The City of Los Angeles’ Ordinance requiring a $30 minimum wage for hotel and airport workers is no longer suspended, meaning the ordinance became effective on September 8, 2025. The referendum petition that had kept the new ordinance in suspension has failed due to insufficient signatures in support of the referendum.

The Role of an Employment Defense Attorney in Wage and Hour Disputes

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California Minimum Wage Increases on July 1, 2025

Employers and employees should be aware that several California cities have recently increased their minimum wage on July 1, 2025. The state’s minimum wage increase applies to all employers regardless of its size and the number of people it employs. The state’s minimum wage is the least amount you may pay an employee for each hour of work. However, a city many set its own minimum wage that is higher than the state’s. In those cases, the higher minimum wage applies if you employ or work in a city with the higher minimum wage.

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