Hawaii

  • Yes, Hawaii Does Have A Tip Credit, and It Needs Protecting

    January 2024 ·   · 

    In 2022, lawmakers in Hawaii approved a bill to put Hawaii’s minimum wage higher than any other state in the country: to reach $18 per hour by 2028. The state also has a minimal tip credit allowance for restaurant employers to count $1.25 in tips toward the higher minimum wage requirement. Yet as the hourly minimum wage has bumped up $2 per year for the last two…

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    New Study: Eliminating Tip Credits Will Increase Wage Gaps For Minorities

    September 13, 2024•MinimumWage.com

    A new study conducted by University of California-Irvine economists Dr. David Neumark and Emma Wohl examines how increasing the tipped minimum wage affects earnings gaps for restaurant workers. While anti-tip credit activists claim eliminating the current tip credit system would reduce inequities faced by women and minority workers, the study finds tipped wage hikes have…

    Tracking State Wage Hike Proposals Heading into Election Season

    September 6, 2024•MinimumWage.com

    Many states saw proposals in the legislature or filed as ballot measures to raise wage floors and/or eliminate the tip credit this year. While many have failed due to employee and small business opposition, there are still several that have qualified to go before voters on November 5. Learn more about proposed wage hikes facing…

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