The California State Assembly has passed a new bill that could bring significant changes for fast food employers. Assembly Bill NO. 257 (AB 257), the Fast Food Accountability and Standards Recovery Act, would, if passed by the state Senate and signed into law, potentially provide the more than 500,000 fast-food employees in the state with increased rights as well as new statutory requirements, and a Fast Food Sector Council within the California Department of Industrial Relations.
Under AB 257, the Fast Food Sector Council would be entrusted with creating new standards for wages, hours, and working conditions for fast-food workers in restaurants with a minimum of thirty establishments anywhere in the U.S. These wage and hour standards will then be enforced by the Division of Labor Standards Enforcement and the health and safety standards will be enforced by the Division of Occupational Safety and Health, both of which are already responsible for enforcing these types of regulations.
The governor and legislature will be responsible for appointing the eleven members of the Fast Food Sector Council. This council will include two representatives of fast-food restaurant employees and two advocates for these employees. In addition, fast-food franchisees and franchisors will each receive a single representative. The remaining five representatives will be from various state agencies, including the Department of Public Health and Cal/OSHA. This proposed makeup would mean that only...
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