--- title: Labor Management Best Practices in Reaction to Minimum Wage Increase description: Legislature’s approval to raise minimum wage to $15 per hour, means retailers must evaluate their labor management strategy to protect their margins. image: https://www.truno.com/hubfs/80284534-1.jpg --- - [Truno](https://www.truno.com/) - [DMA](https://www.truno.com/dmanalytics/) [Login](https://ei.apps.truno.com) [![Truno](https://www.truno.com/hs-fs/hubfs/glass/logo-truno.png?width=210&name=logo-truno.png "Truno")](https://www.truno.com/) ![DMA](https://www.truno.com/hs-fs/hubfs/glass/logo-dma.png?width=154&name=logo-dma.png "DMA") [![Truno](https://www.truno.com/hs-fs/hubfs/glass/truno-logo-white.png?width=205&name=truno-logo-white.png "Truno")](https://www.truno.com/) ![DMA](https://www.truno.com/hs-fs/hubfs/glass/logo-dma-white.png?width=70&name=logo-dma-white.png "DMA") ### Follow Us April 07, 2016 # Labor Management Best Practices in Reaction to Minimum Wage Increase [By TRUNO](https://www.truno.com/resources/industry-topics/author/truno) California state legislature’s March 31st approval to raise minimum wage to $15 per hour by 2022, means retailers must evaluate their labor management strategy to protect their margins. The state of New York recently reached a similar deal [establishing higher minimum wage requirements](http://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/01/nyregion/new-york-budget-deal-with-higher-minimum-wage-is-reached.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=story-heading&module=first-column-region®ion=top-news&WT.nav=top-news&_r=1) and experts say other states are sure to follow.  ![80284534-1.jpg](https://www.truno.com/hs-fs/hubfs/80284534-1.jpg?width=287&name=80284534-1.jpg "80284534-1.jpg")“Fifteen is going to be extremely difficult for retailers to work into their business model,” said Bill Dombrowski, president of the California Retailers Association via the [New York Times](http://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/03/sunday-review/how-the-15-minimum-wage-went-from-laughable-to-viable.html?_r=2). TRUNO consulted with labor expert, Anthony Presley of [TimeForge](http://www.timeforge.com/site/), to provide you with the [Top 5 Labor Management Best Practices](https://blog.truno.com/resources/industry-topics/posts/thought-leadership-top-5-labor-management-technology-best-practices/) to trim your labor spend. In an industry known for tight margins, implementing labor management strategies to ensure dollars are spent wisely is crucial to a grocer’s bottom line. 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