minimum wage – El Estoque

The bare minimum

Isabelle Kok and Jason Chu • April 24, 2024

Effective on Jan. 1, 2024, California’s minimum wage increased from $15.50 per hour to $16.00, with Cupertino’s raised from $17.20 to $17.75. By the implementation of Assembly Bill No. 1228, beginning...

The tipping point

Dylan Nguyen and Sonia Verma • October 28, 2023

Economics teacher and former chauffeur Pete Pelkey recalls his days as a limousine driver, where he once received a tip of 70 dollars and a bottle of champagne from a client. Generous tipping from customers...

Reviewing California laws passed for 2023

Lillian Wang and Angela Zhang • January 19, 2023

Hundreds of new statewide measures took effect on Jan. 1

Minimum wage increases as local businesses struggle with pandemic

Krish Dev, Website Editor • January 24, 2022

Pandemic mitigates potential impacts

California laws go into effect in 2022

Melody Cui • January 19, 2022

Examining statewide measures passed for this year

Minimum wage jobs show students that prioritizing jobs is as legitimate as other extracurriculars

Shriya Deshpande • March 10, 2017

Students having minimum wage jobs should be taken as seriously as sports, classes, and extracurriculars

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