The City of San Jose’s New Minimum Wage Ordinance Takes Effect on March 11

This past November, voters in the City of San Jose, California (“City”) approved their own minimum wage ordinance (MWO) – the largest city in the United States to take this action. The ordinance takes effect on Monday, March 11, 2013, and requires covered employers to pay covered employees a minimum wage of $10.00 an hour.1