4 workplace laws to watch in 2026
What's new on training records, wages, contracts and employee rights notices.
I will be unable to present the previously announced Law at Work update on Tuesday due to an unavoidable scheduling conflict. Here are four topics I intended to cover, two of which earlier columns have addressed more deeply.
Review employee compensation
On Jan. 1, California’s hourly minimum wage will increase from $16.50 to $16.90. The hourly rate for work within San Diego city limits will increase from $17.25 to $17.75.
Those employees, such as high-level administrative workers and designated professionals, exempt from the minimum wage and associated regulations must be paid an annual salary of at least $70,304, which is twice the state (not local) annual minimum wage compensation for full-time work. Employers must post the statewide minimum wage order where employees can access it, as well as the specific wage order applicable to the employer’s industry.
Click here to read the full article written by SCMV Shareholder Dan Eaton and published in The San Diego Union-Tribune.