Pizza chains cut jobs ahead of California $20 minimum wage hike

• Pizza Hut and other chains letting go of workers in California ahead of new $20 minimum wage law taking effect in April • Round Table Pizza laying off around 1,280 delivery drivers this year due to rising costs from wage law • Some locations discontinuing delivery services and shifting to third-party delivery providers • Restaurant owners struggling to stay afloat and warning law will cost jobs with California's high unemployment • Panera Bread initially exempted from wage law but now has to comply after allegations about benefiting Newsom donor