California's $20 minimum wage for fast-food workers goes into effect
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California's new law boosting the minimum wage for fast-food workers in the state to $20 an hour went into effect Monday, impacting restaurants that have at least 60 locations nationwide, except those that make and sell their own bread.
Gov. Gavin Newsom signed the legislation, AB 1228, into law in September. In addition to the pay raises, it also establishes a «Fast Food Council,» including representatives for both workers and employers, that can approve further pay increases and set standards for working conditions.
Gov. Gavin Newsom signs legislation raising California fast-food workers' minimum wage to $20 an hour at SEIU Local 721 in Los Angeles on Sept. 28, 2023. (Sarah Reingewirtz/MediaNews Group/Los Angeles Daily News via / Getty Images)
The overall minimum wage for other workers in California is $15.50 an hour, among the highest of any state. The federal minimum wage, which has remained unchanged since 2009, is $7.25 an hour, or $15,080 a year for an employee working 40 hours a week.
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The median fast-food worker in the U.S. earned $13.43 an hour in 2022, while those in California made an average of $16.60 an hour, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The new minimum equates to an annual salary of $41,600.
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Workers and labor unions have celebrated the new law as progress for workers' rights, with supporters arguing many workers in fast-food restaurants are not teenagers working their
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