Minimum wage hike opposed by servers, bartenders in survey
The restaurant and bar lobby found 93% of service respondents believe the current tip system pays more than a $15 minimum wage would.
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The restaurant and bar lobby found 93% of service respondents believe the current tip system pays more than a $15 minimum wage would.
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:
While the business community’s stance on the pending tip credit expiration date is widely known, servers appear less on the same page.
The change could mean the loss of more restaurants said John Selleck, a spokesman for Save Michigan Restaurants.