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Flawed “Dining Guide” Recommendations from ROC-United Would Hurt Restaurant Employees: New Research Finds ROC’s Proposed Wage Hike Would Result in 12 Million Lost Work Hours
December 2011 · ·
Today, the Employment Policies Institute (EPI) responded to Restaurant Opportunities Centers United’s (ROC) new dining guide. Though ROC claims to help restaurant employees, new research from economists at Miami and Trinity Universities demonstrates that their policy proposal on tipped income will actually hurt those they intend to help. ROC assigns poor scores to any establishment paying less than $5 an hour to tipped employees as a supplement… -
San Francisco First in the Country with Minimum Wage above $10/Hour: Eight States Also Raising Minimum Wage in January, Least-Skilled Face Unintended Consequences
November 2011 · ·
Today, the Employment Policies Institute (EPI) announced that San Francisco, California will become the first in the country to raise the minimum wage above $10 an hour. The new wage rate in the city as of January 1, 2012 will be $10.24 an hour, a 32 cent increase from 2011. Eight states will also increase their minimum wage in 2012 due to indexing. A full list of… -
San Francisco First in the Country with Minimum Wage above $10/Hour: Eight States Also Raising Minimum Wage in January, Least-Skilled Face Unintended Consequences
November 2011 · ·
Today, the Employment Policies Institute (EPI) announced that San Francisco, California will become the first in the country to raise the minimum wage above $10 an hour. The new wage rate in the city as of January 1, 2012 will be $10.24 an hour, a 32 cent increase from 2011. Eight states will also increase their minimum wage in 2012 due to indexing. A full list of… -
New Study: Reducing Tip Credit Kills Opportunities for Waiters and Waitresses: Research Finds Nearly 300,000 Full-Time Equivalent Jobs Would Be Lost With Federal Proposal
November 2011 · ·
Today, the Employment Policies Institute (EPI) released a new study by economists William E. Even of Miami University and David A. Macpherson of Trinity University that examines the consequences for waiters, waitresses, and other tipped employees of reducing the “tip credit.” The tip credit is a labor law provision that allows employers of tipped employees to pay a cash wage of $2.13 an hour, so long as… -
New Study: Raising Cash Wage Would Kill Opportunities for Waiters and Waitresses in California: Research Finds More Than 6,000 Full-Time Equivalent Jobs Would Be Lost With State Proposal
November 2011 · ·
Today, the Employment Policies Institute (EPI) released a new study by economists William E. Even of Miami University and David A. Macpherson of Trinity University that examines the consequences for waiters, waitresses, and other tipped employees of reducing the “tip credit.” The tip credit is a labor law provision that allows employers of tipped employees to pay a cash wage of $2.13 an hour, so long as… -
New Study: Reducing Tip Credit Kills Opportunities for Waiters and Waitresses: Research Finds Nearly 300,000 Full-Time Equivalent Jobs Would Be Lost With Federal Proposal
November 2011 · ·
Today, the Employment Policies Institute (EPI) released a new study by economists William E. Even of Miami University and David A. Macpherson of Trinity University that examines the consequences for waiters, waitresses, and other tipped employees of reducing the “tip credit.” The tip credit is a labor law provision that allows employers of tipped employees to pay a cash wage of $2.13 an hour, so long as…