California Restaurant Minimum Wage 2024. Starting april 1, 2024, all “fast food restaurant employees” who are covered by the new law must be paid at least $20.00 per hour. Under labor code section 1475 (lc 1475), this minimum wage is.
Gavin newsom has signed a law raising the minimum wage for fast food workers to $20 per hour. Today, the minimum wage for california fast food workers will increase to $20 an hour, or 25% above the state’s $16 level.