Workplace Alert: San Diego Minimum Wage and Sick Pay Requirements to Increase
Yesterday, San Diego voters overwhelmingly passed Proposition I, which approves the City of San Diego’s Earned Sick Leave and Minimum Wage Ordinance (“Ordinance”) originally passed by the City Council on August 18, 2014. As a result of this vote, San Diego’s minimum wage will increase and employees will be entitled to greater sick pay rights than those currently provided under California law. It appears the Ordinance is effective on July 7 – the date on which the election r