A clerk packs customers' items at a checkout in a convenience store
  • California's fast-food workers are getting a new minimum wage of $20 an hour from April.
  • But it's not just fast-food workers who'll benefit. Workers in other hourly-paid jobs could also get pay rises.
  • Restaurants and stores compete for labor. If McDonald's and Chipotle pay more, that little coffee store might have to too.

California is raising the minimum wage for fast-food workers to $20 an hour – and a much wider group of employees could see bigger paychecks.