Minimum Wage Law in California is Causing Mass Layoffs
California’s $20 minimum wage for fast food workers became law Monday and quickly caused chaos, with pizza chains preparing to cut hundreds of employees, ice cream and pretzel shop franchisees struggling to learn if the law applies to them, and industry leaders eyeing price hikes in the state.
California governor Gavin Newsom (D.) last week signed more carve-outs for the law, which already exempted bakeries...