[jeffc]

Wait. It only applies if you have 60 or more locations? and that is a "small" business? Does the owner have stores in other states, and he's only shutting down the California locations?

The article implies there is only one store...

[Gaffer]

It could be that it applies to operations that are franchised, too. Those are the small owners connected to the law’s impacted number of 60?

[SPDSHDW]

It applies to Franchises.

so McDonalds, which are mostly franchises, are affected even those a lot of them are just one independent operator of one location.

this is a foster’s freeze location, which is a franchise and the brand has more then 60 locations nationwide, and is thus affected.

Sad to see we have people here who just assume business owners are crooked/make loads of easy money and can take a hit on something like that, without having any idea of the reality of how it works.(not you, others who posted here)

an extra 12 dollars a hour for 3 employees at 8 hours a day is an extra 96 a day, not including the increase in payroll taxes.

that’s an extra 3k roughly a month in expenses, and That may have been that businesses’ entire profit for a month. Food does not have as good margins on profit as other industries.

[McGavin999]

It’s a franchise so it’s a sole owner who pays a fee to the franchiser who has hundreds of places.