California's minimum wageis already among the highest in the country at $15.50 per hour and the new fast food deal shows the continued impact fast food industry workers have on wage negotiations. "I think fast food cooks and cashiers have fundamentally changed the politics of wag...
Chipotle and McDonald's fast-food restaurants in Chinatown in Washington, D.C. Jeff Greenberg | Universal Images Group | Getty Images McDonald's and Chipotle Mexican Grill will raise their menu prices in California next year to offset the state's minimum wage increase for fast-food workers...
Most of California's fast food workers are set to be paid at least $20 per hour. A new law mandating the minimum wage increase for fast food workers is scheduled to take effect on Monday.
In 2023, California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a new law that mandated a minimum wage increase to $20 an hour for the state's 553,000 fast-food workers, beginning inApril 2024. "The opposition argues that increasing the minimum wage would drive prices up," Pomona College politics professor S...
Starting April 1, 2024, the minimum wage for the state's 500,000 fast-food workers will increase to $20 per hour. The average hourly wage in 2022 was $16.21. The new law allows the council to increase the minimum wage annually from 2025 through 2029, but it cannot exceed a 3.5% ...
California fast food restaurants forced to close over minimum wage hike: 'Business owners are fed up' CABIA President Tom Manzo joined 'Fox & Friends' to discuss how the minimum wage increase has impacted the fast food industry as thousands are forced out of work. Fast-food workers in Ca...
Fast food prices increased 3.7 percent after the law took effect while employment stayed relatively stable, according to a working paper from the University of California, Berkeley. But franchises in Southern California reported having to cut hours for workers as a result of the wage increase. ...
California State Minimum Wage for Fast Food Employees: On April 1, 2024, AB 1228 went into effect, setting the Minimum Wage for certain Fast Food employees in the state of California to $20.00/hour. For more information, visit our blog: California Fast Food Minimum Wage Increase 2024 Californ...
That starting point of $20 an hour is significantly more than the state’s already relatively high minimum wage of $15.50 an hour (one that’s set to increase to $16 in January 2024). California’s fast-food workers will now be among the highest-paid low-wage workers in the nation. ...
Lawmakers are considering more exemptions for the fast-food minimum wage increase. On Thursday, the state Senate approved a bill that would exclude fast-food restaurants in "airports, hotels, large event centers, theme parks, museums, gambling establishments, corporate campuse...