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Debunking False Narratives About D.C. Restaurant Job Trends
January 24, 2025•MinimumWage.com
Last week, the D.C. City Council Committee on Executive Administration and Labor held a six-hour hearing to get feedback from employees and restaurants on how the city’s tip credit elimination law is affecting them. Dozens of tipped restaurant workers testified saying the law – Initiative 82 – was hurting their livelihoods and hurting the city’s…
DC Servers Flood Six-Hour Hearing Opposing Initiative 82
January 17, 2025•MinimumWage.com
This week, the District of Columbia City Council Committee on Executive Administration and Labor hosted a hearing to hear employees’ experiences after a year and change under Initiative 82, which is eliminating the city’s tip credit. Under the law, D.C. restaurants have been subject to three tipped wage hikes since May 2023 — up to…