California's fast food wage law was meant to boost pay - but a new study says it wiped out 18,000 jobs in under a year, ...

California's minimum wage hike cost an estimated 18,000 jobs, all for dwindling benefits as hours get cut and prices increase ...

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

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 ...

While other states saw gains in fast-food employment, California’s recent minimum wage hike led to thousands of job cuts.

Though in the same month, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics showed California had approximately 750,000 fast food jobs, roughly 11,000 more than when the higher minimum wage law took effect.

Another study on the same subject, "Early Effects of California's $20 Fast Food Minimum Wage" by Daniel Schneider, Kristen Harknett, and Kevin Bruey, sponsored by Harvard's Malcolm Wiener Center ...

SB 525, passed in 2023, introduced a new minimum wage scheme for healthcare workers in California. The legislation was ...

In 2010, the then minister for finance Brian Lenihan reduced the minimum wage rate by €1 to €7.65 as part of the State's four-year recovery plan. The reduction has since been restored.