Labor/Employment
Sep. 24, 2013
Minimum wage hike: The sky is not falling
These are not the moochers of society, but rather, the engines of commerce. These workers are the backbone of our economy.
Eric B. Kingsley
Partner
Kingsley & Kingsley APC
Labor & Employment
16133 Ventura Blvd #1200
Encino , CA 91436
Phone: (818) 990-8300
Fax: (818) 990-2903
Email: eric@kingsleylawyers.com
Loyola Law School; Los Angeles CA
Eric is the former board chair of the Anti-Defamation League's Los Angeles Region.
Assembly Bill 10 will raise the minimum wage to $9 per hour as of July 1, 2014. It will then increase to $10 per hour on Jan. 1, 2016. In the aftermath of the state Legislature's passage of this minimum wage increase, the business community and the financial press have been up in arms about the negative economic effects on the state, and these conservatives point to this as another liberal law likely to chase employers out of California. When considered in context, the business community...
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