.010 An Employer shall pay an Employee a wage of no less than the hourly rates set under the authority of this article.
.020 On and after January 1, 2019, an Employer shall pay a wage of no less than Fifteen Dollars per hour, which shall increase by One Dollar per hour on each January 1 thereafter through January 1, 2022.
.030 On January 1, 2023, and annually thereafter, the minimum wage will increase annually to reflect increases in the cost of living. The cost of living increase shall be the greater of (1) two percent (2%) or (2) the percentage increase as of September 30, 2022, and as of September 30 in any subsequent year for further annual adjustments, over the level as of September 30 of the preceding year of the Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W) for the Los Angeles Metropolitan Area (Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA), which is published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor or the successor index or federal agency. The City Manager shall publish a bulletin by November 1 of each year announcing the adjusted rates, which shall take effect the following January 1. Such bulletin will be made available to all Employers and to any other person who has filed with the City Manager a request to receive such notice, but lack of notice shall not excuse noncompliance with this section. The City Manager shall prescribe a poster advising Employees of their rights under this article and distribute it to all Employers. An Employer shall post the notice in a prominent place where it will be seen by Employees. An Employer shall provide written notification of the rate adjustments to each of its Employees and make the necessary payroll adjustments by January 1 following the publication of the bulletin.
.040 Tips or gratuities received by Employees, service charges or commissions and extra pay as lead workers or for special assignments or night work shall not be credited as being any part of or offset against the wage rates required by this section.
(Ord. 6455 § 1 (part); December 4, 2018.)