On August 2025, the California Department of Finance provided updated figures regarding the upcoming adjustment to the ...

California’s implementation of a $20 per hour minimum wage for fast food workers has produced mixed economic results, ...

The debate centers on California's AB 1228, which raised the minimum wage for workers at chain restaurants with 60 or more locations nationwide to $20 per hour - $4 higher than the state's ...

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.

California 's dramatic fast food wage hike may have backfired, according to a new economic study – wiping out an estimated 18,000 jobs across the state in just one year. The research, published ...