Cal. Code Regs. Tit. 8, § 11000 - Order Regulating the Minimum Wage
1. Applicability--The provisions of this
Order shall not apply to outside salespersons and individuals who are the
parent, spouse, or children of the employer previously contained in this Order
and the IWC's industry and occupation orders. The IWC has eliminated other
exemptions from the minimum wage previously contained in this Order and in
sections of the IWC's industry and occupation orders. (See Section 5, Amended
Provisions, below.) Exceptions and modifications provided by statute or in
Section 1, Applicability, and other
sections of the IWC's industry and occupation orders may be used where any such
provisions are enforceable and applicable to the employer.
2. Minimum Wages--Every employer shall pay to
each employee wages not less than six dollars and twenty-five cents ($6.25) per
hour for all hours worked, effective January 1, 2001, and not less than six
dollars and seventy-five cents ($6.75) per hour for all hours worked, effective
January 1, 2002.
3. Meals and
Lodging--Meals or lodging may not be credited against the minimum wage without
a voluntary written agreement between the employer and the employee. When
credit for meals or lodging is used to meet part of the employer's minimum wage
obligation, the amounts so credited may not be more than the following:
| Effective January 1, 2001 | Effective January 1, 2002 | |
| Lodging-- | ||
| Room occupied alone | $29.40 per week | $31.75 per week |
| Room shared | $24.25 per week | $26.20 per week |
| Apartment--two-thirds (2/3) of the ordinary rental value, and in no event more than: | $352.95 per month | $381.20 per month |
| Where a couple are both employed by the employer, two-thirds (2/3) of the ordinary rental value, and in no event more than: | $522.10 per month | $563.90 per month |
| Meals-- | ||
| Breakfast | $2.25 | $2.45 |
| Lunch | $3.10 | $3.35 |
| Dinner | $4.15 | $4.50 |
4. Separability--If the application of any
provision of this Order, or any section, subsection, subdivision, sentence,
clause, phrase, word or portion of this Order should be held invalid,
unconstitutional, unauthorized, or prohibited by statute, the remaining
provisions thereof shall not be affected thereby, but shall continue to be
given full force and effect as if the part so held invalid or unconstitutional
had not been included herein.
5.
Amended Provisions--This order amends the minimum wage and meals and lodging
credits in MW-98, as well as in the IWC's industry and occupation orders. (See
Orders 1-15, Secs. 4 and
10; and Order 16, Secs. 4 and 9.)
This Order also amends the following other provisions of the IWC's industry and
occupations orders to be consistent with the IWC's actions regarding the
elimination of certain exemptions from the minimum wage: Order 1, Secs.
1(B) and 4(A)(1)
and (2); Order 2, Secs.
1(B) and 4(A)(1)
and (2); Order 3, Secs.
1(B) and 4(A)(1)
and (2); Order 4, Secs.
1(B) and 4(A)(1)
and (2); Order 5, Secs.
1(A) and (C), and
4(A)(1) and (2); Order 6, Secs.
1(B) and 4(A)(1)
and (2); Order 7, Secs.
1(B) and 4(A)(1)
and (2); Order 8, Secs.
1(B) and 4(A)(1)
and (2); Order 9, Secs.
1(B) and 4(A)(1)
and (2); Order 10, Secs.
1(B) and (D), and
4(A)(1) and (2); Order 11, Secs.
1(B) and (C) and
4(A)(1) and (2); Order 12, Secs.
1(B) and (C) and
4(A)(1) and (2); Order 13, Secs.
1(B) and 4(A)(1)
and (2); Order 14, Secs.
1(B) and 4(A)(1)
and (2); Order 15, Secs.
1(B) and 4(A)(1)
and (2); and, Order 16, Sec.
1(B). These
amendments were adopted on October 23, 2000 in Sacramento.
These Amendments to the Wage Orders shall be in effect as of January 1, 2001
Notes
Note: Authority cited: Sections 517 and 1173, Labor Code; and California Constitution, Article XIV, Section 1. Reference: Sections 517, 1182 and 1184, Labor Code.
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