Panera Bread exempt from following California’s new $20 minimum wage law due to relationship with Gov. Newsom: reports - Lemmy.World

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/12541208 [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.