{"id":14370,"date":"2024-08-02T12:09:00","date_gmt":"2024-08-02T12:09:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lonecandle.com\/?p=14370"},"modified":"2024-08-02T12:09:02","modified_gmt":"2024-08-02T12:09:02","slug":"californias-minimum-wage-law-has-led-some-employers-to-cut-hours-and-hike-prices","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lonecandle.com\/?p=14370","title":{"rendered":"California’s Minimum Wage Law Has Led Some Employers To Cut Hours and Hike Prices"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

“Last September, California Governor Gavin Newsom (D) signed<\/a> a bill mandating a $20 minimum wage for fast food workers. The new wage is among the highest in the county, surpassing even Washington, D.C.’s $17.50 minimum wage<\/a>. While supporters touted the wage increase as a way to help struggling Californians, detractors warned<\/a> that restaurant owners would respond by laying off workers, cutting their hours, or speeding up the already starting shift to automation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The law went into effect in April, meaning that it’s likely too early to tell what the ultimate effects of the law will be. However, a recent report<\/a> from the Associated Press detailed concerns from several California fast food restaurant owners who say they’ve been forced to reduce hours and hike food prices. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

“We kind of just cut where we can,” Lawrence Cheng, whose family owns several Wendy’s franchises told the A.P. “I schedule one less person, and then I come in for that time that I didn’t schedule and I work that hour.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Juancarlos Chacon, who owns nine Jersey Mikes locations in Los Angeles told the A.P. that he’s resorted to reducing staff, cutting his part-time workers by about 20 employees. He’s also had to raise prices. A turkey sub, for example, that used to be under $10 now costs $11.15. As a result, the amount customers spend, he says, has been falling.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“I’ve been in the business for 25 years and two different brands and I never had to increase the amount of pricing that I did this past time in April,” he told the A.P.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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California’s Minimum Wage Law Has Led Some Employers To Cut Hours and Hike Prices<\/a><\/blockquote>