A new UC Santa Cruz study suggests California's $20 fast-food minimum wage leads to fewer hours and higher prices.

California's fast-food minimum wage hike to $20 resulted in job losses, higher prices, and reduced worker hours, a University of California, Santa Cruz study suggests.

The data-driven study pushes back against multiple industry-backed reports that cast a grim light on the higher wage.

California is about to mark an important milestone in the implementation of a hotly contested economic policy. Two years ago, in April 2024, a statewide, sector-specific minimum wage increase went ...

First came the farfetched “Fight for $15.” Now, California has made a $20 minimum wage a reality, at least for workers at large fast-food chains. The pay hike took effect in April 2024, joining the ...

California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed Assembly Bill 1228 into law in September 2023, which established a Fast Food Council within California's Department of Industrial Relations and increased the ...

A new study published by the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) this month found that California’s 2023 minimum wage hike cost the state thousands of jobs. Researchers found that the state’s ...

CAME UP IN TODAY’S MEETING. IT’S BEEN NEARLY FOUR MONTHS SINCE CALIFORNIA’S NEW FAST FOOD MINIMUM WAGE LAW WENT INTO EFFECT, AND THAT BRAND NEW FAST FOOD COUNCIL MET FOR THE SECOND TIME EVER TODAY ...

In 2023, California adopted a law that raised the minimum wage to $20 per hour. It also created a Fast Food Council with the power to further increase wages by dictate every year. Twenty bucks an hour ...