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Novato Minimum Wage Increase Effective January 1, 2021
Post Date:11/12/2020 12:30 PM
Starting January 1, 2021, the minimum wage within Novato city limits will increase based on business size to:
For more information or to download the Official Novato Minimum Wage Notice in both English and Spanish, please visit novato.org/minimumwage.
In October 2019, the Novato City Council adopted a local minimum wage ordinance which set a phased approach that allows all employees in Novato to reach a $15 minimum wage one year earlier than what the State of California law requires. Once the minimum wage reaches $15 per hour, the rate will be adjusted annually, regardless of the number of employees each employer employs, based on the Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W) for the San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward Consolidated Metropolitan Statistical Area or its successor index which is published by the Department of Labor, or 3.5% whichever is less.
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- $15.24 per hour for very large businesses with 100 or more employees (adjusted based on CPI-W);
- $15 per hour for large businesses with 26-99 employees; and
- $14 per hour for small businesses with 1-25 employees.
For more information or to download the Official Novato Minimum Wage Notice in both English and Spanish, please visit novato.org/minimumwage.
In October 2019, the Novato City Council adopted a local minimum wage ordinance which set a phased approach that allows all employees in Novato to reach a $15 minimum wage one year earlier than what the State of California law requires. Once the minimum wage reaches $15 per hour, the rate will be adjusted annually, regardless of the number of employees each employer employs, based on the Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W) for the San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward Consolidated Metropolitan Statistical Area or its successor index which is published by the Department of Labor, or 3.5% whichever is less.
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