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2 in 5 D.C. Restaurants May Close in 2025, Survey Says
March 21, 2025•MinimumWage.com
A new survey from the Restaurant Association Metropolitan Washington (RAMW) of local D.C. restaurants shows businesses are preparing for a bumpy year as the road to tip credit elimination continues under Initiative 82. On July 1, local restaurant operators will see another tipped wage hike – from $10 to $12 per hour. The RAMW report…
Newsom’s $20 Fast Food Wage Cost 16K CA Jobs, Federal Data Says
March 14, 2025•MinimumWage.com
New analysis from the Employment Policies Institute of quarterly data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics revealed that California has lost as many as 16,000 jobs since the state’s $20 fast food minimum wage law was signed in September 2023. (The state is down nearly 14,000 jobs since the law officially took effect in April 2024.) The…