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.

  • NatakuNox@lemmy.world
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    8 months ago

    Lol they’ll lose their employees faster than it takes to bake bread if every other business is paying more.

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      8 months ago

      Until every other company figures out how to make and sell bread. “Would you like a McLoaf with your order?”

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        8 months ago

        This is the problem with crappy laws. McDonalds bakes rolls which are bread.

        I thought the bakery exemption was weird.

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      8 months ago

      still a tricky debacle because there’s no guarantee McDonald’s will hire a former Panera employee, if McDonald’s is not hiring because other positions are already full, including all customer orders taken from a robot kiosk.

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        8 months ago

        McDonald’s and Carl’s Jr have been trying to replace employees with robots for orders for a very long time. They’ve never had much success because old people suck at using these kiosks and don’t even bother trying