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West Hollywood votes to set highest minimum wage in US [theguardian.com]

 

By Dani Anguiano, The Guardian, November 5, 2021

West Hollywood will provide the highest minimum wage in the US after the city council voted to raise pay in the city to $17.64 an hour.

The wage hike will start taking affect in January for some workers and will gradually increase every six months until July 2023, eventually surpassing California’s minimum wage, which is set to reach $15 by 2022 for workplaces with more than 25 employees. California has the highest minimum wage of any state.

Relatively few of the 20,000 jobs in West Hollywood provide a wage high enough that workers can afford living there, city councilmember John D’Amico said.

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