Pizza Hut franchisees in California have announced the layoffs more than 1,200 in-house delivery drivers as the direct result of a new California law that increases fast-food worker's pay to $20 an hour in April 2024.
In 2022, California Governor Gavin Newsom, at the behest of the unions, signed Assembly Bill 1228 into law, which mandated a minimum wage increase for fast-food workers to $20 an hour.
Plano, Texas-based Pizza Hut, owned by Yum Brands, declined comment on the actions of their franchisees.
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