"SB 525 strikes the right balance between significantly improving wages while protecting jobs and safeguarding care at community hospitals throughout the state," said Carmela Coyle, president and CEO of the California Hospital Association.
About 350,000 workers will have to be paid more under the law starting Wednesday, according to the University of California, Berkeley Labor Center.
Some health care providers raised concerns when the law was passed last year that it would pose a financial burden on hospitals as they tried to recover from the COVID-19 pandemic.
California's minimum wage for most workers in the state is $16 an hour, and voters will decide in November whether to increase the rate gradually to $18 an hour by 2026.
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