McDonald’s USA has announced it will raise wages by at least $1 an hour over locally mandated minimum wages at all company-owned stores effective July 1. Vacation benefits for full- and part-time employees will also be implemented that day for crew members employed for at least a year.
By the end of 2016, the average hourly wage for company-owned restaurant workers is expected to be more than $10.
The changes will affect about 90,000 workers at the company-owned stores, which make up fewer than 10% of the fast-food company’s 14,300 restaurants. The rest of the establishments are owned by more than 3,100 independent franchisees.
Nationwide, McDonald’s restaurants employ about 750,000 workers.
McDonald’s has also announced an expansion of its Archways to Opportunities education offerings to provide eligible U.S. restaurant employees at both company-owned and franchise stores with free high school completion and college tuition assistance.
