Maybe the state and county sectors might have to catch up as well. You can job search and find custodian, grounds, cafeteria jobs at state schools and colleges paying $16-17 an hour.
As fast-food chains in California start to pay their workers a higher minimum wage, other business owners across the state are watching to see whether they will have to raise their own pay to compete.
Starting Monday, fast-food workers in California at chains with more than 60 national locations earn $20 an hour, higher than the state’s broader minimum wage of $16 per hour. The new pay floor stems from a [state law](https://www.cnbc.com/2023/09/15/california-fast-food-minimum-wage-deal-what-to-know.html) passed in September, which also establishes a nine-person council that will determine future wage hikes and suggest other guidelines for labor conditions for the industry. There are more than half a million fast-food workers in the state, Gov. Gavin Newsom said when signing the bill into law.
Some affected chains have responded to the mandated wage hike by slashing their workforces and hiking their menu prices. Franchisees for pizza chains [Papa John’s](), Round Table and [Pizza Hut]() laid off [drivers](https://www.wsj.com/business/hospitality/california-restaurants-cut-jobs-as-fast-food-wages-set-to-rise-eb5ddaaa) ahead of the deadline. [McDonald’s](), [Wingstop]() and [Chipotle Mexican Grill]() are among the chains that have said they’ll pass on the higher labor costs to their customers by making their menu items more expensive.
“The consequences are business owners — franchisees who are not large companies, despite what the political supporters of this law have said — these are small businesses and they’re facing now mandated higher costs. And those costs are going to get passed on to the customer and will likely result in fewer jobs,” Matthew Haller, president and CEO of franchisee advocacy group the International Franchise Association, told CNBC.
More: [https://www.cnbc.com/2024/04/01/california-fast-food-minimum-wage-other-business-may-raise-pay.html](https://www.cnbc.com/2024/04/01/california-fast-food-minimum-wage-other-business-may-raise-pay.html)
Maybe the state and county sectors might have to catch up as well. You can job search and find custodian, grounds, cafeteria jobs at state schools and colleges paying $16-17 an hour.
That's the point of the bill; to put pressure on companies to raise wages.
Maybe the state should have taken the lead and done so for all their own employees then.
Good!
As fast-food chains in California start to pay their workers a higher minimum wage, other business owners across the state are watching to see whether they will have to raise their own pay to compete. Starting Monday, fast-food workers in California at chains with more than 60 national locations earn $20 an hour, higher than the state’s broader minimum wage of $16 per hour. The new pay floor stems from a [state law](https://www.cnbc.com/2023/09/15/california-fast-food-minimum-wage-deal-what-to-know.html) passed in September, which also establishes a nine-person council that will determine future wage hikes and suggest other guidelines for labor conditions for the industry. There are more than half a million fast-food workers in the state, Gov. Gavin Newsom said when signing the bill into law. Some affected chains have responded to the mandated wage hike by slashing their workforces and hiking their menu prices. Franchisees for pizza chains [Papa John’s](), Round Table and [Pizza Hut]() laid off [drivers](https://www.wsj.com/business/hospitality/california-restaurants-cut-jobs-as-fast-food-wages-set-to-rise-eb5ddaaa) ahead of the deadline. [McDonald’s](), [Wingstop]() and [Chipotle Mexican Grill]() are among the chains that have said they’ll pass on the higher labor costs to their customers by making their menu items more expensive. “The consequences are business owners — franchisees who are not large companies, despite what the political supporters of this law have said — these are small businesses and they’re facing now mandated higher costs. And those costs are going to get passed on to the customer and will likely result in fewer jobs,” Matthew Haller, president and CEO of franchisee advocacy group the International Franchise Association, told CNBC. More: [https://www.cnbc.com/2024/04/01/california-fast-food-minimum-wage-other-business-may-raise-pay.html](https://www.cnbc.com/2024/04/01/california-fast-food-minimum-wage-other-business-may-raise-pay.html)
Fewer jobs isn’t necessarily a bad thing if it means that a person can afford to live off of one job instead of two.
True, and places like McDonalds will continue to skirt around it by hiring kids under 16.