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

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Airport Workers, Bars, Employee, Employers, Employment, Hotel Workers, Minimum Wage, RestaurantsKathleenLos Angeles Hotel Worker, Los Angeles Airport Worker, Los Angeles Living Wage, Hotel Worker Minimum Wage
California Fast Food Council Commands a Budget of $1.1 Million and Does Nothing For Most of 2025
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.

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Business Owners, Employee, Employers, Employment, Minimum Wage, RestaurantsKathleenFast Food Council, fast food franchise, Fast food minimum wage
L.A. Airport Workers and Hotel Workers Will Be Earning $30 An Hour by July 2028
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.

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Business Owners, Bars, Employee, Employers, Employment, Minimum Wage, Restaurants, Hotel Workers, Airport WorkersKathleenLos Angeles Airport Worker, Los Angeles Hotel Worker, Los Angeles Living Wage, minimum wage increase, minimum wage, $30 Minimum Wage, Service Industry, 2028 Summer Olympics
California Minimum Wage Increases on July 1, 2025
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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Business Owners, Employers, Employment, Minimum WageKathleenminimum wage increase, California minimum wage, exempt employee, hourly rates, California employers, California hourly rates
Los Angeles’ Proposed Minimum Wage Increase for Airport and Workers in Large Hotels (60+ rooms) Remains Suspended
Los Angeles’ Proposed Minimum Wage Increase for Airport and Workers in Large Hotels (60+ rooms) Remains Suspended

Despite the fact that a referendum filed this past June has put this new proposed minimum wage increase on hold, employers need to be aware of what new potential rules they may have to follow. In addition, employees will need to be aware of what new rights and wages they may be entitled to. This is especially important because the potential increase in minimum wage for airport workers and large hotel workers will be significant. If the new minimum wage ordinances are implemented, workers in large hotels and airport workers in the City of Los Angeles will see their minimum wage increase significantly to $30/hour by 2028.

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Business Owners, Employers, Employment, Minimum WageKathleenminimum wage increase, minimum wage, Los Angeles Living Wage, Hotel Worker Minimum Wage, 2028 Summer Olympics, Public Housekeeping Training, California Food Accountability and Standards Recovery Act, LAX, Los Angeles Hotel Worker, Los Angeles Airport Worker, LAX Worker