There's a silver lining to California's $20 fast-food wage, restaurant bosses say: it's attracting better workers

• Restaurant executives say California's $20 wage for fast-food workers has brought them at least one clear advantage.
• More people are applying for jobs and they can get better-quality candidates.
• The fast-food industry had fiercely fought the legislation.

Restaurant executives told Business Insider that California's new $20 minimum wage for fast-food workers has at least one clear silver lining for their businesses: Better-quality candidates are applying for jobs.