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A California state law is set to raise fast-food workers’ wages in April to $20 an hour. Some restaurants there are already laying off staff and reducing hours for workers as they try to cut costs. Other operators said they have halted hiring or are scaling back workers’ hours. Some pizza-chain operators in California are laying off drivers ahead of the wage law’s start and farming out delivery service to apps. Franchisees for Pizza Hut and Round Table Pizza, a chain of around 400 units founded in Menlo Park, Calif., have said they plan to lay off around 1,280 delivery drivers this year, according to records that major employers must submit to the state before large layoffs. The coming minimum-wage increase for California fast-food workers at bigger chains represents a 25% increase from the state’s broader $16 minimum wage. McDonald’s, Chipotle Mexican Grill, Jack in the Box and other restaurant chains have said they would raise menu prices in California to offset some of the cost. Many California restaurant operators are looking for other ways to cover the cost, like reducing hours, closing during slower parts of the day or serving menu items that take less time to make
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Posted 1 mo ago
They are chasing their tails not understanding that they will never catch it. California legislators are worse than the idiots in Congress.
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A1C Medrick "Rick" DeVaney
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I Once Lived In CA & 1 Of My Daughters Still Lives There,
What I THINK What I'm Seeing Is "The People Want ALL Manner Of Benefits And Services, FREE. ~~ Followed By The Politicians Doing Their Best To Deliver; While Both Are Failing Miserably Because, NO ONE Want's To PAY For It.....And Therefore EVERYONE is Screwed.
What I THINK What I'm Seeing Is "The People Want ALL Manner Of Benefits And Services, FREE. ~~ Followed By The Politicians Doing Their Best To Deliver; While Both Are Failing Miserably Because, NO ONE Want's To PAY For It.....And Therefore EVERYONE is Screwed.
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Posted 1 mo ago
https://www.minimum-wage.org/mississippi Lt Col Charlie Brown Something Stinks! Such a disparity in minimum wage exemplifies a different economy and standard of living in MI and CA!
Mississippi Minimum Wage 2024 - Minimum-Wage.org
A full time minimum wage worker in Mississippi working will earn $290.00 per week, or $15,080.00 per year. Mississippi's minimum wage rate as of f, 2024 is $7.25 per hour.
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