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D.C. Mayor Bowser Sides With Facts – and Local Workers – On Initiative 82 Repeal
May 9, 2025•MinimumWage.com
In a press conference this week to unveil her new budget proposal, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser called for a full repeal of the city’s tip credit elimination law, Initiative 82. In the presentation, the mayor called on facts, data, and restaurant experiences to explain how repealing the law would remove barriers to business growth in…
Local NJ Tipped Workers Oppose Changes to State Tip Credit
May 2, 2025•MinimumWage.com
Some New Jersey lawmakers are proposing to eliminate the state’s tip credit – and local tipped restaurant workers aren’t buying it. Currently, New Jersey law requires all employees earn $15.49 per hour. For tipped restaurant employees, this hourly minimum can be comprised of an employer-paid cash wage of $5.62 per hour as long as tips…