Layoffs, Price Hikes Underway as Californians Brace for Minimum Wage Hike

Published on December 27, 2023

Pizza Hut franchises in California are set to lay off 1,200 drivers, while hundreds of other fast food operators are expected to raise prices in a preemptive move ahead of a soon-to-be-enacted statewide minimum wage hike. The layoffs, which will take place through the end of February, come as California’s minimum wage for fast-food workers is set to jump 30 percent in April, from $16 to $20 an hour, according to a federal Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) Act notice filed by the food operator and originally reported by Business Insider. “PacPizza, LLC, operating as Pizza Hut, has made a business decision to eliminate first-party delivery services and, as a result, the elimination of all delivery driver positions,” said the WARN Act notice, which requires employers to give notice of plant closures or mass layoffs. According to the report, the layoffs will affect Pizza Hut locations in Los Angeles, Riverside, San Bernardino, Ventura, and Orange counties....

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