Even if it equals out to roughly $12 per hour here the minimum wage is $7.25. At that difference and with the normal hours afforded a fast food employee (usually 30 hours so they don't hit the full time mark) that still comes out to be $143 a week difference pre tax.
Except that the minimum wage in NY isn't $7.25, it's $8.75, and that's going up to $9.00 on December 31st. This proposal is talking about bumping that up to $15 an hour.
From the current rate of $8.25, that's an increase of $6.25 an hour, which works out to $9,750 per year (using your 30 hour week), per minimum wage employee... that's insane.
Even if it equals out to roughly $12 per hour here the minimum wage is $7.25. At that difference and with the normal hours afforded a fast food employee (usually 30 hours so they don't hit the full time mark) that still comes out to be $143 a week difference pre tax.
Except that the minimum wage in NY isn't $7.25, it's $8.75, and that's going up to $9.00 on December 31st. This proposal is talking about bumping that up to $15 an hour.
From the current rate of $8.25, that's an increase of $6.25 an hour, which works out to $9,750 per year (using your 30 hour week), per minimum wage employee... that's insane.