Effects of California $20 fast food wage, 'no good deed goes unpunished'

A study from UC Santa Cruz finds California's $20 fast food minimum wage may have come with "unintended consequences." ...
University News & EventsOpinion

Exploring the impacts of California’s minimum wage for fast food workers

Workers at franchised fast food restaurants got a big pay bump about two years ago. A UC Santa Cruz economics researcher ...
New York Post

Nearly all California fast food restaurants hiked prices after state state’s $20 minimum wage: survey

A whopping 98% of California fast food restaurants hiked menu prices and nearly 90% slashed employee hours in response to the state’s new $20-an-hour minimum wage law, according to a new survey. The ...
Hackaday

The Surprising Effects Of Fast Food Kiosks

For as long as there have been machines, there have been fears of machines taking your job. One of the latest incarnations of this phenomenon is the fast-food ordering kiosk. No longer will you have ...
Forbes

The Unintended Consequences Of California’s $20 Minimum Wage For Fast-Food Workers

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Jack Kelly covers career growth, job market and workplace trends. Jul 26, 2024, 06:00am EDT (Robert Gauthier/Los Angeles Times via ...
National Bureau of Economic Research

The Effects of California's $20 Fast Food Minimum Wage on Prices

We analyze the effect of California's $20 fast food minimum wage (Assembly Bill 1228), enacted in September 2023 and implemented in April 2024, on consumer prices using the Bureau of Labor Statistics' ...
The American Spectator

Gavin Newsom’s Fast Food Minimum Wage Law Is AB 5 All Over Again

Once again, Gavin Newsom has a disaster of epic proportions on his hands. This time it’s California’s fast-food minimum wage law, which went into effect on April 1. The union-backed law mandates a ...