Due to a new California law raising the minimum wage for fast food employees to $20 per hour, two major Pizza Hut operators in California will lay off all their delivery drivers.
California Governor Gavin Newsom (D) signed legislation in September, boosting the minimum wage for fast-food workers to $20 per hour.
“Eighty percent of the workforce, these fast-food places – 80 percent of people of color, two-thirds are women, the majority are breadwinners, and we have the opportunity to reward that contribution, reward that sacrifice and stabilize an industry in turn. What a remarkable moment,” Newsom said during the bill signing in September.
Thanks to California Democrats, about 1,200 drivers will lose their jobs. The layoffs will continue until February, with the new law going into effect in April.
Everything Democrats do is to fool the voters into thinking they did something for their benefit, even when it comes to the expense of other workers. And most of their voters couldn’t care less about that unless it’s their jobs that are lost. Newsom knows this and doesn’t care, so he signed the law, anyway.
VISIT OUR YOUTUBE CHANNELTwo large Pizza Hut operators in California are laying off all their delivery drivers ahead of a new state law that raises the minimum wage for fast-food workers to $20 an hour, Business Insider reports.
The layoffs impact hundreds of Pizza Hut locations across the state including Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, Ventura and San Bernardino counties and Sacramento, and involve more than 1,200 in-house delivery drivers.
The job cuts will take place through February, according to federal employment notices obtained by Business Insider.
“Pac Pizza, LLC,” and “Southern California Pizza Co.” are the two biggest franchisees. They are both in charge of Pizza Huts across California, including Los Angeles, Ventura, Riverside, San Bernardino, Orange County, and Sacramento.
“The Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act (WARN) requires employers to provide notification 60 calendar days before mass layoffs.” According to KTLA 5 and Business Insider.
The current minimum wage in California is $16 per hour. The raise is the consequence of Assembly Bill 1228, which is intended to assist fast food workers with inflation and the cost of living.
Because more money will go to staff, some fast-food corporations intend to pass the expense on to customers through higher menu prices.
