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Background
On February 5, 2019, the City Council approved a minimum wage ordinance to increase our local minimum wage to $15/hour two years earlier than mandated under State law and to continue adjusting the minimum wage thereafter based on inflation. The ordinance incorporates feedback received from residents, the business community, non-profit organizations, and low-wage workers.
On July 1, 2024, the local minimum wage for eligible employers increases to $17.30/hour. To prevent inflation from eroding its value, the minimum wage will be adjusted by the local consumer price index annually.
To avoid a reduction in the valuable services they provide to the community, the minimum wage ordinance exempts employees of non-profit corporations.
Minimum Wage Increase Schedule
Effective Date (July 1) |
minimum hourly wage | |
---|---|---|
2023 | $16.80 | |
2024 | $17.30 | |
2025 | 2024 wage plus inflation adjustment |
Employer Requirements
In addition to paying all employees who perform work within the geographic boundaries of the city no less than the minimum wage for each hour worked, Fremont employers must:
- Post the official City of Fremont Wage Bulletin in the top five languages spoken in the city in a conspicuous place at each work site
- At the time of hire, provide the employee with a written copy of the employer's name, address, and telephone number. Example Notice to Employee form from the California Labor Commissioner's Office.
- Document all hours worked by employees and keep records for at least four (4) years
Wage Bulletin
By April 1st or as soon as practicable, the City will publish and make available to employers a bulletin announcing the adjusted minimum wage rate for the upcoming year, which shall take effect on July 1st. Every employer shall post in a conspicuous place at any workplace or job site where an employee works the notice published each year by the city informing employees of the current minimum wage rate and of their rights under this chapter. Every employer shall post such notices in the top five languages spoken in the city based on the latest available census information for the city.
- City of Fremont Minimum Wage Bulletin
- City of Fremont Minimum Wage Bulletin - Simplified Chinese
- City of Fremont Minimum Wage Bulletin - Hindi
- City of Fremont Minimum Wage Bulletin - Spanish
- City of Fremont Minimum Wage Bulletin - Tagalog
- City of Fremont Minimum Wage Bulletin - Vietnamese
Payroll Records
Employers shall retain payroll records pertaining to employees for a period of four years, and shall allow the city access to such records, with appropriate notice and at a mutually agreeable time, to monitor compliance with the requirements of this chapter. Where an employer does not maintain or retain adequate records documenting wages paid or does not allow the city reasonable access to such records, the employee’s account of how much he or she was paid shall be presumed to be accurate, absent clear and convincing evidence otherwise. Failure to maintain such records or to allow the city reasonable access shall render the employer subject to administrative citation.
Minimum Wage Ordinance
City of Fremont Minimum Wage Ordinance
Outreach and Council Presentations
The ordinance was shaped by feedback received from outreach to residents, the business community, non-profit organizations, and low-wage workers.
- March 5, 2019, City Council Meeting
- January 15, 2019, City Council Meeting
- December 4, 2018, City Council Meeting
- July 17, 2018 City Council Meeting