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Another California mini business and its workers person seemingly suffered astatine nan hands of nan state’s recently enacted $20 minimum wage.
"It's a shock," Monica Navarro, erstwhile adjunct wide head astatine Foster’s Freeze successful Lemoore, said connected "The Bottom Line" Wednesday.
"It would person been bully to person a announcement truthful we could spell get immoderate applications [out], I could hole them," she continued. "The champion I tin do is honestly springiness them immoderate references."
When making their measurement to activity Monday morning, Navarro and her squad learned upon presence that nan edifice proprietor had made nan determination to adjacent its doors for good. The owner, Loren Wright, told section Fox connection KMPH that this was nan "last thing" they wanted to do, but knew by Friday nighttime nan business apt wouldn’t beryllium capable to sorb nan costs hike and didn’t "want to ruin their Easter Sunday."
CALIFORNIA FAST FOOD FRANCHISEE SLAMS NEWS MINIMUM WAGE, INVESTS IN NEVADA OVER SIX-FIGURE LOSS
The caller California statewide authorities went into effect Monday and enforces a $20 minimum costs for restaurants that person astatine slightest 60 locations nationwide, isolated from those that make and waste their ain bread.
Former adjunct wide head astatine Fosters Freeze successful Lemoore, California, says nan squad felt "shock" learning nan edifice closed Monday owed to nan caller minimum costs law. (Fox News)
"Two of my coworkers were really going successful to clock-in for nan morning. And correct aft that, that's erstwhile I sewage a telephone telephone that we were closing. So they recovered retired correct arsenic they were astir to clock-in for nan day," Navarro recalled.
"We had gotten a matter successful nan group chat that we were shutting down, and I wholly thought it was an April Fool's joke," 1 of Navarro’s colleagues besides told KMPH.
After speaking further pinch guidance and Foster’s Freeze’s owner, Navarro learned that nan minimum costs rule was nan superior facet successful nan restaurant’s demise.
"He did blasted it connected nan minimum costs increase. Although, from my understanding, I deliberation we were exempt from it because of nan magnitude of locations that he personally owns. But, he did yet blasted it connected that increase," she said.
"I tin spot their intentions pinch expanding nan minimum wage, reasoning that it will pull much people," nan ex-manager added, "but I honestly don't deliberation it will work. This is not nan first business that's closing. There's already a fewer section businesses for maine that are closing, truthful I consciousness for illustration this is conscionable only nan beginning."
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Speaking connected behalf of nan now unemployed Foster’s Freeze team, Navarro claimed they would person preferred moving astatine a little hourly complaint than being laid off.
"From nan group that I said to, my employees, we would person alternatively stayed astatine nan costs that we did person before, conscionable because now we don't person a job," Navarro said. "And those who are still moving successful nan areas astir america that went up to $20 an hour, they sewage their hours severely cut. And it's a batch little group moving connected shifts. So their jobs sewage a batch much difficult."
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FOX Business’ Breck Dumas contributed to this report.
