cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/12541208
Panera Bread is exempt from following one of California’s newest laws, according to multiple reports. The new law will raise fast-food workers’ minimum wage to $20 per hour and will take effect beginning April 1.
The new law doesn’t recognize places that operate “a bakery that produces for sale on the establishment’s premises bread” as fast food, according to the law’s text.
Why the line was drawn at bread remains unclear.
However, Newsom pushed for the exemption, people familiar with the matter told Bloomberg. One of the primary beneficiaries of the exemption is Greg Flynn, a billionaire and longtime Newsom donor who has two dozen Panera Bread locations in California.
It’ll be interesting to see how this plays out if Panera workers aren’t even making as much as McDonald’s workers… I suspect they’ll either pay it in spite of the exemption or be forever understaffed
Yeah I can’t imagine being the literal lowest paying company in town will do them any favors
Right?
I wonder how much they paid to keep from having to pay their workers a living wage… And then likely wind up having to anyway if they want to have enough staff to operate…
That or McDonald’s starts focusing on baking bread.
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