Tipping and Tip Credits

Tipping is a key part of restaurant service employees’ income. EPI features data and analysis on how tipping impacts restaurant employees, how the “tip credit” system works for restaurant employees across the country, and how current and past proposals to eliminate tipping and tip credits would have negative impacts on employees and restaurants alike.

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The Employment Policies Institute is a non-profit research organization dedicated to studying public policy issues surrounding employment growth.