California Minimum Wage 2024 Restaurants. California’s new law that creates a separate minimum wage applicable only to fast food restaurant employees took effect on april 1, 2024. Fast food workers gather for gov.

Fast food restaurant employers, effective april 1, 2024, and healthcare facility employers, effective october 16, 2024 (see below), will have a higher minimum wage. In a new law signed by gavin newsom , the hourly minimum wage for a fast food worker will.