Hospice News November 3, 2023
Recently proposed legislation in California may raise minimum wages to $25 per hour among health care workers in the state.
Sen. Maria Elena Durazo (D-Calif.) recently introduced a bill that would establish five separate minimum wage schedules for health care employees. If enacted, the bill would instill incremental payroll hikes among workers during the next decade, with deadlines to meet the $25 per hour threshold varying by health care setting, as well as an organization’s staff and patient population sizes, among other factors.
Currently, the minimum wage in California is $15 per hour across all industries for organizations with 26 or more employees.
Requiring higher minimum health care worker wages is an effort to attract and grow a more experienced...
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