More than 500,000fast-food workersin California will soon earn at least $20 an hour as a result of a new bill signed into law by Gov. Gavin Newsom. Newsom joined labor leaders, legislators and fast-food workers in Los Angeles on Thursday, hailing the achievement as a result of the...
As a result of this new law, the state of California will form a council, which will include worker representatives, to oversee health, safety, and workplace matters for fast-food workers and to decide their minimum wage. Further, the law pushes up the minimum wage for such workers to $...
Fast-food workers in California are seeking another pay increase mere months after the state implemented a controversial law raising the minimum wage for the industry to $20. After its implementation in April, eateries reduced hours, shut down establishments and raised menu prices. On Wednesday...
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.
SUGGESTED: California bill could increase fast food prices by 20%: Here’s what you need to know The law will raise consumer costs, isn’t needed, and will create "a fractured economy" with different regulations for different types of restaurants, objected the coalition. The coalition is co-...
The Fast Food Accountability and Standards Recovery Act (FAST Recovery Act) signed into law yesterday establishes a new 10-member Fast Food Council and vests it with the authority to set employment standards for fast food restaurants. "California is committed to ensuring that the men and women wh...
California's crazy fast-food law raising the minimum wage for workers is predicted to devastate food outlets in the once-Golden State. The law, AB 1228, went into effect earlier this month, mandating that fast food workers receive a twenty-dollar minimum wage.  ...
Same. Note that AB 257 (2022) creates a Fast Food Council to set minimum standards for fast food employees, including for wages and workplace safety. Suhauna Hussain, Judge puts hold on California law that could have raised fast-food worker wages, Los Angeles Times (December 30, 2022). ...
California Gov. Gavin Newsom's administration has denied a news report that he pushed for an exception to the state's new fast-food minimum wage law that benefits a wealthy campaign donor. California's minimum wage is $16 per hour. But starting April 1, most fast-...
Pizza Hut and other fast-food chains are letting go of workers ahead of a $20 minimum wage law slated to take effect in April.(Pizza Hut / Fox News) Last year, multiple Pizza Hut franchises in California filed notices to comply with the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification ...