Lawmakers to hold hearing on how tipped workers in Massachusetts should be paid
Lawmakers will gavel in a hearing Tuesday about a proposed ballot question that would eliminate the separate, lower minimum wage for tipped workers.
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Lawmakers will gavel in a hearing Tuesday about a proposed ballot question that would eliminate the separate, lower minimum wage for tipped workers.
Adding to an election cycle already bound to feature prominent labor-related fights, a national campaign and an influential restaurant industry group will compete for votes<a class="excerpt-read-more" href="https://whdh.com/news/lines-forming-in-battle-over-tipped-worker-wages/">Read More</a>
Lawmakers will gavel in a hearing Tuesday about a proposed ballot question that would eliminate the separate, lower minimum wage for tipped workers, wading into a topic with clear battle lines and similar campaigns unfolding in three other states.
Impose stiff fines on restaurants that don’t pay the difference when their subminimum wage workers don’t make enough in tips to reach the $15.80 minimum wage, restaurant association chief suggests.
A new survey of 315 Chicago restaurant owners shows phasing out the sub-minimum wage over two years would have dire consequences for customers and employees: