California fast food workers now earn $20 per hour. Franchisees are responding by cutting hours

Wage boost for California fast food workers means chains are cutting hours and raising prices to cover costs

Experts say it’s still too early to tell the long-term impact of the wage hike on fast food restaurants and whether there will be widespread layoffs and closures.

Franchisees are cutting hours as California fast food workers see wage increase

Experts say it’s still too early to tell the long-term impact of the wage hike on fast food restaurants and whether there will be widespread layoffs and closures.

California fast food workers now earn $20 per hour. Franchisees are responding by cutting hours.

California fast food workers now earn $20 per hour. Franchisees are responding by cutting hours.

Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — When California’s minimum wage increase went into effect in April, fast food workers across the state went from making $16 to $20 overnight. It’s already having an impact, according to local operators for major fast food chains, who say they are reducing worker hours and raising menu prices as

California fast food workers now earn $20 per hour. Franchisees are responding by cutting hours.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Lawrence Cheng, whose family owns seven Wendy’s locations south of Los Angeles, took orders at the register on a recent day and emptied steaming hot baskets of French fries and chicken nuggets, salting them with a flourish. Cheng used to have nearly a dozen employees on the afternoon shift at his […]

California fast food workers now earn $20 per hour. Franchisees are responding by cutting hours.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Lawrence Cheng, whose family owns seven Wendy’s locations south of Los Angeles, took orders at the register on a recent day and emptied steaming hot baskets of French fries and chicken nuggets, salting them with a flourish. Cheng used to have nearly a dozen employees on the afternoon shift at his […]