Restaurant workers at Foster’s Freeze in California came to work this week to find they were out of a job due to the closure, thanks to a $20 minimum wage signed into law by Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom, effective April 1. Noticed.
Local ABC affiliate station KFSN 30 report:
On Monday, Foster’s Freeze in Lemoore closed permanently after California’s minimum wage for fast food workers increased to $20 an hour.
Deputy General Manager Monica Navarro told Action News it was due to a wage increase and that the owners told her they could not afford the new salary.
Some employees thought it was an April Fool’s joke.
As Breitbart News reported last month, wall street journalMany restaurants in California had already begun laying off employees in anticipation of mandatory wage increases.
California restaurants are laying off workers ahead of a new $20-an-hour minimum wage law for the fast food industry that goes into effect in April.
As reported by Breitbart News, California will raise its minimum wage by 25% to $20 an hour starting April 1st under AB 1228, a law signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) in 2023. It’s planned.
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Economists have debated whether raising the minimum wage hurts or helps workers, but one of the areas where the negative impact is most felt is usually on small profit margins. This is the restaurant industry.
California’s unemployment rate is Formally As of February, it was 5.3%, the highest in the nation.
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