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The minimum wage for fast-food workers in California is set to increase to $20 per hour on April 1st, but one curious carve-out in the new minimum wage law has ignited controversy in the state.
“I guess if you’re in the bread-making business, there’s a lot of dough to go around,” one Republican lawmaker said.
Flynn, who owns 24 Paneras in California, has said he will pay his workers the new minimum wage starting next month. But confusion remains for the more than 160 other Panera locations in the state.
The federal minimum wage applies in states with no state minimum wage or a minimum wage lower than the federal rate (column titled "No state MW or state MW is lower than $7.25."). Some of the state rates below are higher than the rate on the main table above. That is because the main table does not use the rate for cities or regions.
Minimum wage rate is automatically adjusted annually based on the U.S. Consumer Price Index. Income from tips cannot offset an employee's pay rate while same minimum wage applied for both tipped and non-tipped employees. The state minimum wage for business with less than $110,000 in annual sales is $4.00. [1] [265] Nebraska: $13.50 [266] $2.13
When the New York State Wage Board announced that the minimum wage in New York City would be raised to $15 an hour by December 31, 2018, Patrick McGeehan argued in the New York Times that it was a direct consequence of the Fight for $15 protests, and that "the labor protest movement that fast-food workers in New York City began nearly three ...
California's new minimum wage legislation is now in force. As of April 1, the Golden State has raised the minimum wage for employees at fast food restaurants to $20 an hour, aiming to improve the ...
The California Attorney General's office and local prosecutors can also sue companies. [21] Proponents of the bill said it would give workers previously classified as contractors minimum wage, overtime, sick leave, unemployment and other benefits, and prevent the state from losing $8 billion from unpaid payroll taxes.