Thesis

minimum wage will increase for employers employing 26 or more employees (CA.gov,
2017). This increase will be delayed one year for employers employing 25 or fewer
employees, from January 1, 2018, to January 1, 2023. The scheduled increases may be
temporarily suspended by the Governor, based on certain determinations (CA.gov,
2017). This increase is detailed in Figure A, below.
Figure A: Outline of California minimum wage increase from 2017 to 2023 (CA.gov, 2017).
In California any minor employee, 16 or 17 years of age, who is not required by law to
attend school, cannot work more than eight hours in any workday or more than 40
hours in any workweek (CA.gov, 2017). If so, he or she must receive one and one-half
times his or her regular rate of pay for all hours worked over eight hours in any workday
and over 40 hours in the workweek (CA.gov, 2017).
Labor Code Section 351 prohibits employers and their agents from sharing in or keeping
any portion of a gratuity left for or given to one or more employees by a patron (CA.gov,
2017). It is illegal for employers to make wage deductions from gratuities, or from using
gratuities as direct or indirect credits against an employee's wages (CA.gov, 2017).
Wage Laws in Nevada:
The minimum wage for employees who are offered qualified health benefits from their
employers is $7.25 per hour and the minimum wage for employees who are not offered
health benefits is $8.25 per hour (NV.gov, 2017).
Nevada is one of a few states with a daily overtime requirement in addition to the
requirement to pay overtime for more than 40 hours in a workweek (NV.gov, 2017).
Employees who are offered qualified health benefits from their employers and earn less
than $10.875 per hour, and employees earning less than $12.375 per hour who are not
offered qualified health benefits must be paid overtime whenever they work more than
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