Employment Preemption in California (2026)
42 rules on the books across California, 20 cities and counties. Select a rule to read the full details.
Severity: Few Restrictions · Light Restrictions · Some Restrictions · Significant Restrictions · Heavy Restrictions
Minimum Wage Preemption
Whether your state prevents cities from setting a higher local minimum wage, and what the statewide wage floor is.
California: statewide
StatewideHeavy RestrictionsCalifornia sets a statewide minimum wage floor under Labor Code 1182.12, $16.90 per hour for all employers as of…
Read full rule →Moorpark
Significant RestrictionsMoorpark follows California's statewide minimum wage of $16.50 per hour, indexed annually for inflation. The city has…
Read full rule →Bakersfield
Some RestrictionsBakersfield workers earn California's statewide minimum wage of $16.50 per hour, indexed annually to inflation under CA…
Read full rule →Berkeley
Some RestrictionsBerkeley adopted its own Minimum Wage Ordinance in 2014 with annual indexing, and the local rate reached $18.07 per…
Read full rule →Los Angeles
Some RestrictionsLos Angeles sets its own minimum wage above California's state floor. LAMC Article 7 (§187.00) requires covered…
Read full rule →Oakland
Some RestrictionsOakland voters adopted Measure FF in 2014, setting a $12.25 minimum wage starting March 2015 with annual CPI indexing…
Read full rule →Riverside
Some RestrictionsRiverside has not enacted a local minimum wage, so the California statewide rate of 16.50 dollars per hour applies to…
Read full rule →Sacramento
Some RestrictionsSacramento workers receive the higher of California's statewide minimum wage of 16.50 dollars per hour, indexed…
Read full rule →San Bernardino County
Some RestrictionsSan Bernardino County does not set a local minimum wage, so the California statewide rate of 16.50 dollars per hour…
Read full rule →San Diego
Some RestrictionsSan Diego's Minimum Wage Ordinance (SDMC §39.0103 et seq.) sets a citywide minimum wage that exceeds California's state…
Read full rule →San Francisco
Some RestrictionsSan Francisco's local minimum wage is approximately $19.18 per hour for 2026, indexed to CPI under Administrative Code…
Read full rule →San Jose
Some RestrictionsSan Jose sets its own minimum wage above California's state floor. SJMC Chapter 4.100 requires covered employers to pay…
Read full rule →Thousand Oaks
Some RestrictionsThousand Oaks has not enacted a local minimum wage. All employers follow the California statewide minimum wage of…
Read full rule →Twain Harte
Some RestrictionsTwain Harte employers pay the California state minimum wage of $16.50 per hour as of 2026, indexed annually; Tuolumne…
Read full rule →Long Beach
Light RestrictionsLong Beach follows the California statewide minimum wage of $16.50 per hour for most employers, indexed annually to…
Read full rule →Riverside County
Light RestrictionsCalifornia sets a statewide minimum wage of $16.50 per hour effective 2026 under Labor Code section 1182.12. Riverside…
Read full rule →Stockton
Light RestrictionsStockton has no separate local minimum wage, so employers follow California's statewide minimum wage of $16.50 per hour…
Read full rule →Anaheim
Few RestrictionsAnaheim follows California's statewide minimum wage of $16.50/hour (2026), indexed to inflation. The city has no…
Read full rule →Paid Leave Preemption
Whether your state blocks cities from mandating paid sick leave or paid family leave for private employers.
California: statewide
StatewideHeavy RestrictionsCalifornia's Healthy Workplaces, Healthy Families Act under Labor Code 245-249 mandates paid sick leave for nearly all…
Read full rule →Anaheim
Some RestrictionsAnaheim workers receive at least 5 days (40 hours) of paid sick leave annually under California's Healthy Workplaces…
Read full rule →Bakersfield
Some RestrictionsBakersfield workers earn five days or 40 hours of paid sick leave annually under California's Healthy Workplaces…
Read full rule →Berkeley
Some RestrictionsBerkeley supplements California paid sick leave with a stronger local accrual cap, broader family definitions, and…
Read full rule →Long Beach
Some RestrictionsCalifornia Healthy Workplaces Healthy Families Act mandates at least 40 hours, or five days, of paid sick leave per…
Read full rule →Los Angeles
Some RestrictionsLos Angeles requires six paid sick days annually under Ordinance 184320 and LAMC §187.04, exceeding California SB-616's…
Read full rule →Riverside County
Some RestrictionsCalifornia Labor Code section 246 requires employers to provide 40 hours or five days of paid sick leave annually after…
Read full rule →Sacramento
Some RestrictionsSacramento employees accrue paid sick leave under California's Healthy Workplaces, Healthy Families Act (Lab. Code…
Read full rule →San Bernardino County
Some RestrictionsCalifornia requires most employers, including warehouse and logistics operators in the Inland Empire portion of San…
Read full rule →San Diego
Some RestrictionsSan Diego's Earned Sick Leave and Minimum Wage Ordinance (SDMC §39.0105) requires employers to provide at least 40…
Read full rule →San Francisco
Some RestrictionsSan Francisco layers three local paid-leave mandates: Paid Sick Leave (Admin Code Ch. 12W), Paid Parental Leave (Ch…
Read full rule →San Jose
Some RestrictionsCalifornia SB-616 (Labor Code §246) requires at least 40 hours or five days of paid sick leave annually. San Jose has…
Read full rule →Thousand Oaks
Some RestrictionsThousand Oaks has no local paid-leave ordinance. Workers receive at least 40 hours or five days of paid sick leave…
Read full rule →Twain Harte
Some RestrictionsTwain Harte employers must provide at least 40 hours or 5 days of paid sick leave annually under California's Healthy…
Read full rule →Oakland
Light RestrictionsMeasure FF also created Oakland Earned Sick Leave under OMC 5.92, requiring all employers to provide one hour of paid…
Read full rule →Worker Scheduling Preemption
State limits on local "predictive scheduling" or "fair workweek" ordinances that would require advance notice of shifts.
Los Angeles
Some RestrictionsLA's Fair Workweek Ordinance 187534 (LAMC §185.00) requires retail employers with 300 or more workers to give 14-day…
Read full rule →Los Angeles County
Some RestrictionsLA County has no general predictive-scheduling ordinance for unincorporated areas. California AB-1228 governs fast-food…
Read full rule →Modesto
Some RestrictionsModesto has enacted no local predictive or fair-workweek scheduling ordinance. California has no statewide predictive…
Read full rule →Sacramento
Some RestrictionsSacramento has not enacted a predictive or fair scheduling ordinance. Outside California's statewide fast food sector…
Read full rule →San Jose
Some RestrictionsSan Jose's Opportunity to Work Ordinance (SJMC Chapter 4.101, 2017) requires employers with 36 or more workers to offer…
Read full rule →Santa Clara County
Some RestrictionsSanta Clara County has no predictive-scheduling ordinance. California AB-1228 governs fast-food workers via the…
Read full rule →Thousand Oaks
Some RestrictionsThousand Oaks has not adopted a fair-workweek or predictive-scheduling ordinance. Employers are not required to give…
Read full rule →San Diego
Few RestrictionsSan Diego has not adopted a Fair Workweek predictive-scheduling ordinance. California AB-1228 created a statewide Fast…
Read full rule →San Francisco
Few RestrictionsSan Francisco's Formula Retail Employee Rights Ordinances (Police Code Art. 33G/33H, Ord. 270-14) require chain…
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