What’s new?
- Effective April 1, 2024, California Fast Food Restaurant employers, regardless of the number of employees, are required to pay their employees no less than $20.00 per hour.
- Beginning April 1, 2024, employers covered by the fast food minimum wage law must have posted:
- 2024 Minimum Wage Fast Food Supplement Poster, and
- 3/2024 IWC Order 5 (Public Housekeeping Industry), or
- 3/2024 IWC Order 7 (Mercantile Industry).
What is a Fast Food Restaurant?
To be considered a Fast Food Restaurant, the restaurant must meet ALL of the following:
- The restaurant is a “limited-service restaurant” in California. A “limited-service restaurant” is one that offers limited or no table service, where the customers order food or beverage items and pay for those items before the items are consumed.
- The restaurant is part of a restaurant chain of at least 60 establishments nationwide. Fast Food Restaurant includes franchisees of the national brand.
- The restaurant is primarily engaged in selling food and beverages for immediate consumption. “Primarily engaged in” means that the business earns more than 50% of its gross income from selling food or beverage items for immediate consumption.
What is not considered a Fast Food Restaurant?
- Business locations performing only administrative, warehouse, or food preparation work.
- A restaurant that produces bread on site and sells it as a stand-alone menu item weighing at least ½ pound after cooling.
- A restaurant located in a grocery store that is more than 15,000 sq. ft. in size and employs the restaurant workers.
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