 Under the new budget deal workers who have not yet received their pay raise can expect it by mid-October. That's as long as the state's fiscal situation improves or if the state is able to secure additional federal funding. If the money doesn't come through health workers will have to wait until January 1st for their wage increases. Originally the new minimum wage law for health workers mandated that employers begin raising wages by June 1st. Newsom asked for a delay because of the state's budget deficit.