A worker helps a customer at a Burger King restaurant on May 8, 2024 in San Rafael, California. (Photo by Justin Sullivan//JOBs Apply News/Getty Images)
Despite dire warnings from the business community, the recent increase in the minimum wage for fast-food workers does not appear to be affecting hiring.
In April, the minimum wage for fast-food workers increased to $20 an hour, but despite that, “Employment Development Department figures show that (Southern California) had 361,500 fast-food workers in June, an all-time high for fast-food establishments that employ 4.5 percent of all Southern California workers.” Jonathan Lansner noted in a column for the Orange County Register.
Despite threats from business owners that they would have to stop hiring or even cut staff, “labor statistics show that employment at fast-food restaurants increased by 400 in June and by 7,600 since March, just before the wage increase,” Lansner wrote. “In addition, staffing increased by 3,000 in a year.”
And as for the other threat from landlords to raise prices? That’s not going well for them either.
On Monday, McDonald’s announced it will extend a $5 meal promotion due to high demand for affordable fast food amid inflation.
Other chains are also seeking customers by offering discounted meals at prices that more closely resemble menus from years past.
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