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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…
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…