On April 1, California Assembly Bill 1228 took effect, raising the minimum wage by another 25% for fast-food employees on top of the $16 minimum wage mandate that was enacted at the beginning of ...

Assembly Bill 1228, which will hold franchisors jointly responsible for labor violations at franchised restaurants, is necessary to close a major loophole and correct a longstanding injustice in ...

In a significant development for California's fast-food restaurant industry, Gov. Gavin Newsom recently signed AB 1228 into law, ushering in a range of provisions that include the creation of the ...

Since its inception, the impact of AB 1228, which increased the minimum wage for workers at large fast-food chains by $4 per hour, or 25%, has been hotly debated.. Industry groups have sparred ...

If there’s one thing economists know about the low-wage labor market, it’s that fast food jobs are bad jobs. The average worker in the industry earns just $433 a week, according to the most ...

The study, released on April 1 to coincide with the one-year anniversary of AB 1228, cites recent data from the California Employment Development Department that shows a decline of over 23,100 ...

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