I’m a California Restaurant Operator Preparing for the $20-an-Hour Fast-Food Wage By Trimming Hours, Eliminating Employee Vacation, and Raising Menu Prices

This article originally appeared on Business Insider.

Marcus Walberg and his family operate four Fatburger franchises in Los Angeles. Over the years, the restaurants have survived economic downturns, state labor laws that increase operational costs, and the COVID-19 pandemic.

But doing business in California “has been more strained now than any time I can remember,” Walberg told Business Insider.

The main reason: California fast-food workers are getting a big bump in pay to $20 an hour under a new state law that goes into effect in April.

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