The Los Angeles City Council has approved amendments that would slow the implementation schedule for the City’s Hotel Worker Minimum Wage Ordinance and related airport worker wage provisions. The move revises the framework adopted in 2025, which had been set to increase covered hotel and airport worker wages to $30 per hour by 2028. The Council approved the delay on May 26, 2026, as proponents of a business-tax repeal ballot measure withdrew that initiative. The amendments to the ordinance take effect June 29, 2026.
The amendment revises the phased minimum wage as follows:
Implementation Date
Rate
July 1, 2026
$25.00
July 1, 2027
$25.50
July 1, 2028
$28.50
July 1, 2029
$29.00
January 1, 2030
$30.00
July 1, 2030, and annually after
Adjusted per CPI-W
The amendments also revise health benefit obligations. For hotel employers, the ordinance provides for a health benefit payment of $4.25 per hour beginning July 1, 2026, increasing to $6.00 per hour beginning July 1,… Read the complete article here...
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