An employee hands an order to a customer at a Wendys Co. restaurant in Richmond, California, U.S. Photo: Getty Images Though it’s been in force for nearly a year, California’s law establishing a $20 ...

A boosted minimum wage for food workers first came into place in the Golden State in 2024, and was not without its detractors. Big chains have said that it is damaging their industry, leading to price ...

California's experiment with a $20 hourly floor for fast-food workers was sold as a simple fix for poverty wages, but the ...

The only moment TiAnna Yeldell has to herself is when she’s sleeping, and that doesn’t happen much. The 44-year-old single mom of three works 80-hour weeks to provide for her children, ages 8, 14, and ...

In the year following the implementation of a California policy raising the minimum wage for fast-food workers to $20 per hour, two camps have clashed over what effects on employment can be discerned ...

California’s minimum wage — $16.50 per hour — is one of the highest nationwide. But last year lawmakers in the state boosted fast-food workers even higher: they earn $20 per hour, thanks to the change ...

One year has passed since 400,000 California workers at fast food chains like McDonald’s and Taco Bell began earning $20 per hour — a special minimum wage that’s thrilled employees and unions but ...

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 ...