JUDGE HALTS CALIFORNIA FAST-FOOD LAW AS RESTAURANTS, UNIONS HAMMER EACH OTHER A sign is posted in front of a McDonald's restaurant in San Leandro, California, on April 28, 2022.(Justin Sullivan/Getty Images / Getty Images) The law establishes a 10-member council empowered to set minimum wa...
This landmark law gives workers a seat at the table to develop better standards around wages, working hours and workplace conditions. And, it gives California’s 557,000 fast food a raise to at least $20/hour in April 2024. Our fight doesn’t end here. Every day, fast-food workers co...
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 pricesin California are set to rise this spring with businesses responding to the state’s $20 per hour minimum wage law for fast-food workers that will take effect on April 1, 2024. The law was signed by California Governor Gavin Newsom last fall and will...
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...
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Under California law, employees classified under the “white collar” administrative, professional or executive exemptions must earn at least two times the state minimum wage for full-time employment to maintain exempt status. The fast food minimum wage law provides that the hourly minimum wage establ...
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...
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-...
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A voter initiative that would overturn a California law aimed at raising wages and improving working conditions for more than a half-million fast food workers has qualified for next year's ballot, authorities said Tuesday.