The bill requires the Council to promulgate statewide and local fast food restaurant employment
standards, including for wages, working conditions, and training necessary to protect fast food
restaurant workers. Any new standard or change to an existing standard would require the
affirmative vote of the Secretary of LWDA, and be submitted to the labor committees of each
house of the Legislature for informational purposes. New or modified standards would take effect
no sooner than October 15 of the same year, unless the Legislature intervened to prevent or
modify the standard.
The Council must conduct a full review of all fast food standards at least every three years, and
subsequently make changes based on the findings. The bill requires any individual new standard,
or an amendment or repeal of an existing standard, to be no less protective of or less beneficial
to health, safety, or fast food restaurant worker employment conditions, including wages, than
the immediately preceding standard.
Additionally, this bill authorizes a county or city with a population of greater than 200,000 to
establish a Local Council, composed of at least one representative who is a fast food employee ,
at least one representative who is a fast food franchisor or franchisee, and a majority of
representatives from local employment, health, and safety agencies, to coordinate with local
agencies and hold hearings. Local Councils may provide written recommendations to the
Council on local health, safety, and employment standards. The Council must respond within 60
days on its decision whether or not to adopt a local standard.