What is the minimum wage?
The minimum wage is the starting hourly wage an employer can pay an employee for work. Currently, the federal minimum wage is $7.25 an hour (part of the Fair Labor Standards Act). Some states and cities have raised their minimum wage higher than that. In most instances, the higher of the prevailing minimum wage requirements is binding for employers.
September 30, 2022
Up, Up, and Away: Inflation Takes Minimum Wages Soaring to New Heights
September 23, 2022
Why Tips (and More) Drop When Tipped Minimum Wages Increase
A recent commentary on Portland, ME’s tip credit elimination ballot measure argues tipped restaurant employees don’t need to worry about losing their tips when the tipped minimum wage is forced…
September 16, 2022
Restaurant Employees Continue to Oppose Measures to Scrap Tip Credits
Despite a $25 million campaign dedicated to removing tip credits across the country by pro-union group One Fair Wage, counter-campaigns to save tip credits are popping up too –…
September 9, 2022
Restaurant Workers Launch Fight against Portland Anti-Tip Credit Measure
Voters in Portland, Maine voters will decide Question D in the November general election, which proposes to eliminate the city’s tip credit. Tip credits serve as the backbone of the…
September 2, 2022
Tips Are Under Attack, But Servers Aren’t Asking For It
Two ballot measures this fall seek to eliminate tip credits in Washington, DC and Portland, ME. The measures are part of a larger, nationwide campaign by Big Labor advocates such…