Labor/Employment
Sep. 12, 2023
Deal on fast-food worker pay could be a model, lawyers say
The deal will increase the minimum wage to $20 an hour with an annual consumer price index increase in April, a compromise compared to the possible $22 an hour workers could have gotten under Assembly Bill 257, signed into law last year.




Fast-food companies struck a deal with lawmakers and unions to prevent a long and costly referendum battle over minimum wage increases and workplace conditions for workers.
The deal will increase the minimum wage to $20 an hour with an annual consumer price index increase in April, a compromise compared to the possible $22 an hour workers could have gotten under Assembly Bill 257, also known as the Fast Food Accountability and Standards Rec...
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