Pizza Hut to Lay Off Hundreds Due to California’s Fast-Food Minimum Wage Hike

More than 1,200 Pizza Hut workers are facing layoffs as a result of a new law increasing the fast-food minimum wage in California that takes effect in April.

Pizza Hut's logo. Reed Saxon/AP Photo

LOS ANGELES—Thousands of Pizza Hut workers are facing layoffs Dec. 27, a result of a new law increasing the fast-food minimum wage in California that goes into effect in April.

Pizza Hut is set to lay off more than 1,200 delivery drivers in Los Angeles, Orange, and Riverside counties in the coming year, ahead of a new state law that boosts the fast-food minimum wage by $4 to $20 per hour.