Newsom Approves More Exemptions for California’s Fast-Food Minimum Wage

Published on March 29, 2024

California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a new bill into law March 25 that adds exemptions to a controversial fast-food law passed last year which raised the minimum wage to at least $20 per hour for some restaurants in the industry. The governor approved Assembly Bill 610—authored by Assemblyman Chris Holden—which exempts restaurants in certain locations, including in hotels, event centers, theme parks, stadiums, corporate campuses, and on public lands, among others from Assembly Bill 1228 which takes effect April 1. “AB 610 makes technical amendments to clarify that certain workers at restaurants that are operated in conjunction with larger enterprises, many of whom have historically established compensation and working conditions in excess of the new standards set by AB 1228, do not fall within the fast-food industry covered by the law,” Mr. Holden said in legislative analyses earlier this year....

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