While healthcare workers were expecting a raise in June 2024, it might not come.
California is facing a $68 billion budget deficit and Gov. Gavin Newsom is reportedly working to find “major reforms” to pull funding from the plan that would raise the minimum wage for healthcare workers statewide, according to the Los Angeles Times.
The governor told the outlet he was working on how to proceed with the minimum wage law.
H.D. Palmer, Deputy Director for External Affairs for the state's department of fiance, said Newsom and the legislature are facing a “significant challenge” with the 2024 budget that is coming up.
“The administration will present its plan to close the budget gap when the governor sends his proposal to the legislature next month,” he said.
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A health care worker told KNX News’ Jon Baird she and her fellow healthcare workers are going to be very upset.
“We work really hard. We need our raises,” she said. “They have no idea how hard it is to do what we do and try to provide quality, amazing stellar patient care.”
One man outside a hospital in Hollywood told KNX News’ Jon Baird that raising the minimum isn’t the solution.
“The cost of living should go down,” he said.
On Oct. 13, Newsom signed a law that would increase the minimum wage for healthcare workers to $25 an hour over the next ten years. The minimum wage was set to be raised to $23 an hour in June 2024.
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