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It’s that time of year again – states and cities across the country are announcing higher-than-ever minimum and tipped wages before they go into effect in 2023. Many states are still on legislated schedules to reach a $15 minimum wage (or higher). One trend more troubling is the rapid rate…

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 up to $18 per hour. Yet the very restaurant employees organizing against Portland’s Question D say they earn far more…

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 – and led by tipped restaurant employees themselves. This year, tipped restaurant employees are mobilizing in…

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 current tipping system for many front-of-house restaurant employees such as servers and bartenders. Tipped employees themselves are drawing attention to…

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 as the Restaurant Opportunities Center’s (ROC) sister nonprofit One Fair Wage. While union activists argue eliminating tip credits will raise…

This week, the Employment Policies Institute released a survey of labor economists on the potential impacts of California’s Fast Food Accountability and Standards Recovery Act (AB 257). Conducted by Dr. Lloyd Corder of CorCom, Inc., Carnegie Mellon and the University of Pittsburgh, the online survey was completed by…

Email records recently acquired by the Employment Policies Institute (EPI) show that researchers at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) have been seemingly more interested in partnering with labor activists than doing objective research. UCLA’s Labor Center boasts about producing quality research that “lifts industry standards.” In…

Last week, the Employment Policies Institute released a report analyzing nearly a decade of California Department of Industrial Relations data on alleged labor law violations. The report’s findings show California’s fast-food restaurant industry accounts for far fewer wage claims than other industries. This directly refutes headlines based on an unscientific…

Inflation continues to rise to historic heights, and rapidly rising state minimum wages appear to be adding fuel to the fire. As employers feel the pinch of operating costs rising on many fronts, Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) data shows areas with steeper minimum wage mandates have higher inflation rates…

Michigan employees may still be affected by a minimum wage hike this year. This week, a Court of Claims judge ruled the state legislature did not have the authority to “adopt and amend” a ballot measure proposal in 2018, which would have raised the state’s minimum wage to $12 by…