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California Restaurants Cut Jobs as Fast-Food Wages Set to Rise

Fast-Food restaurants in California will have to pay employees a minimum of $20 an hour starting April 1, which may impact margins and consumer costs.
The minimum wage increase has led to concerns from business owners about profitability, with some acknowledging the need for menu price adjustments.
Operators in the fast-food industry are exploring cost-saving measures to manage the impact of the wage hike on margins and profitability.

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New York Post

Calif. fast-food chains slash workers as $20-an-hour minimum wage looms

A California state law taking effect on April 1 will raise fast-foot workers' hourly wage to $20.

1 month ago·New York, United States

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Newsweek

McDonald's workers land pay rise—but customers warned

Starting April 1, the minimum wage for fast food workers in California will go up to $20—but chains are warning of a hike in menu prices.

1 month ago·United States

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大纪元 www.epochtimes.com

California's fast food industry surged in April, and wage restaurants were forced to lay off workers

A new regulation in California starting from April requires fast-food workers' minimum wage to be raised to $20. Some restaurants have started laying off employees and reducing work hours to cut costs. According to a Wall Street Journal report, state records show that California restaurants, especially pizza shops, have listed plans to lay off hundreds of people within a few months before the minimum wage mandate takes effect on April 1. Other o…

1 month ago

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The Daily Caller

California Restaurants Forced To Cut Jobs As Newsom’s Minimum Wage Hike Looms

Restaurant owners in California are resorting to laying off employees in preparation for a minimum wage hike for fast food workers.

1 month ago·Washington, United States

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The Epoch Times

California’s Fast Food Council Holds First Meeting, Discusses Exemptions to New Wage Law

An attorney with the California Labor Commission earlier this month clarified a controversy surrounding California Gov. Gavin Newsom and a franchisee of Panera Bread, regarding if his fast-casual restaurants are exempt from the state’s new $20 an hour wage law for employees. At issue is an amendment added at the last minute to the minimum wage law in question—Assembly Bill 1228 set to take effect April 1—exempting bakeries. Bloomberg published a…

1 month ago·New York, United States

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abc 7 LA

California fast-food wages increasing to $20/hour starting April 1

Starting Monday, most fast-food workers in California are getting a big pay raise. The minimum wage goes up to $20 an hour, up from the $16 an hour for most other workers.

1 month ago·Los Angeles, United States

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