SEC. 186.02. PAYMENT OF MINIMUM COMPENSATION TO HOTEL WORKERS AND PROVISION OF TIME OFF. A. Wages. (Amended by Ord. No. 188,610, Eff. 9/8/25.) A Hotel Employer shall pay a Hotel Worker a wage of no less than the hourly rates set under the authority of this article. 1. If a Hotel Employer provides a Hotel Worker with health benefits as provided in Section 186.04 of this article, the Hotel Worker shall be paid the following: (a) Beginning on July 1, 2024, the wage rate for a Hotel Worker shall be no less than $20.32 per hour. (b) Beginning on July 1, 2025, the wage rate for a Hotel Worker shall be no less than $22.50 per hour. (c) Beginning on July 1, 2026, the wage rate for a Hotel Worker shall be no less than $25.00 per hour. (d) Beginning on July 1, 2027, the wage rate for a Hotel Worker shall be no less than $27.50 per hour. (e) Beginning on July 1, 2028, the wage rate for a Hotel Worker shall be no less than $30.00 per hour. (f) Beginning on July 1, 2029, and annually thereafter on July 1, the hourly wage rate for a Hotel Worker shall be adjusted higher by a percentage equal to the percentage increase, if any, in the Bureau of Labor Statistics Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W) for the Los Angeles metropolitan area, as measured from January to December of the preceding year. The Division shall announce the adjusted rates on February 1st, or within two weeks of the release of the prior year’s CPI-W, whichever is later, and publish a bulletin announcing the adjusted hourly wage rates, which shall take effect on July 1st of each year. 2. Beginning on July 1, 2026, if a Hotel Employer does not provide a Hotel Worker with health benefits as provided in Section 186.04 of this article, the Hotel Worker shall be paid the applicable wage rate in Section 186.02 A.1. and an additional wage rate per hour equal to the health benefit payment in effect for an Employee of an Employer servicing the Airport pursuant to Section 10.37.3 (a)(5) of the Los Angeles Administrative Code. 3. A Hotel Employer may not use gratuities, Service Charge distributions, or bonuses earned by a Hotel Worker to offset the wages required under this article. B. Time Off. 1. Compensated Time Off.