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New EPI Study Shows Initiative 82 Backfired On Workers
January 10, 2025•MinimumWage.com
This week the Employment Policies Institute released a new study examining the impacts on DC restaurants of Initiative 82 – a ballot measure that would phase out the tip credit for restaurant workers by 2027. The first phases of implementing Initiative 82 have wreaked havoc on the District’s once-robust dining scene. Instead of One Fair…
New Data Shows Tips are Lowest – and Declining – in One Flat Wage States
January 3, 2025•MinimumWage.com
It’s no secret that states like California and Washington–which have a flat minimum wage with no tip credit–have had some of the lowest average tipping percentages in the nation. Seven states (California, Washington, Oregon, Nevada, Montana, Minnesota, and Alaska) prohibit tip credits, which allow restaurant workers to earn a base wage plus tips, as long…