The workers are always shocked when their hours are cut or jobs are lost after min wage increases.

Here is a fun example:

I remember in Ontario when the min wage jumped from 11.75 to 14 overnight (I think that's what it was) after the next pay period I had an employee that worked part time for me. She called me and said something was wrong with her pay cheque.

I said "what's wrong" and she replied "you took a lot more tax off than usual" and I said "firstly, I don't take tax off, the payroll software does it automatically. And it does it based on the income tax thresholds set by the government, so likely the minimum wage increase pushed you into the next tax bracket and that's why it seems like much more than usual". She said "but I just leased a new car because I thought I was going to make an extra 300 a month with the increase but now I am only making an extra 150 a month. I need more hours." To which I replied "about that. Unfortunately the min wage increase is a major expense to us and we cannot pass it all on to our customers right away so we will definitely not have additional hours available and in fact will likely be cutting some hours from all part time employees." To which she replied "but if I pay extra taxes and you cut some hours from me I won't be making any more money than before". To which I replied, "unfortunately there is not much I can do about it. I understand it is frustrating for you."

Two weeks later she asked if I could pay her in cash and when I said no, she quit and took a cash job elsewhere.