I think that works out to $3000/employee. If these employees work on average 2000 hours/year (could be wildly different to that, depends on how many of these em

I think that works out to $3000/employee. If these employees work on average 2000 hours/year (could be wildly different to that, depends on how many of these employees are full-time, and the amount of hours in a full-time work year in various countries), and McDonalds was to pay each employee $1/hour more, the profits would drop by two-thirds, to $1000/employee. Without raising price, some franchises could eat[1] that extra cost; some would probably have to close shop. [1] Boom. Zing.