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In Massachusetts this week, state lawmakers heard testimony on a proposed measure that would eliminate the tip credit statewide. If lawmakers don’t act on this proposal, it could end up on the ballot this November. But tipped servers and bartenders in the Commonwealth say they don’t want the current…

It’s no secret the latest anti-tip credit experiment in the District of Columbia is devastating the restaurant industry. In fact, city councilmembers voted this week on a so-called “Restaurant Revitalization” bill as restaurants beg for relief. The actual provisions in the bill were dubbed “sweet and sour” – as…

This week, One Fair Wage and aligned state lawmakers held a press conference rallying for Connecticut SB 221, which would eliminate the state tip credit by 2027. Not only is this bill capable of causing serious harm to Connecticut’s tipped employees and restaurants, tipped servers and bartenders themselves reject the…

New York lawmakers reintroduced a so-called “One Fair Wage” bill earlier this year, threatening to eliminate the state tip credit in just a few years. If enacted, the bill would raise the base wage for tipped restaurant workers from $10 per hour upstate and $10.65 per hour downstate up…

Earlier this month, over a hundred local employees filed into a Maryland Senate Finance Committee hearing between shifts – pleading with state lawmakers to preserve the existing tip credit system. Despite such a cold reception to a policy that’s been reintroduced by progressive lawmakers for years, House Delegate Adrian…

As state legislatures start off the new year, lawmakers have been quick to jump on new minimum wage hike proposals, including bills that would eliminate state tip credits. The research on potential impacts of these bills is clear: they employees by reducing employment opportunities, limiting earnings, and forcing businesses to…

This week, the Maryland Senate Finance Committee heard public testimony on SB 160, a bill that would eliminate Maryland’s tip credit and raise the base wage for tipped restaurant workers by over 300 percent by 2027. The bill mirrors legislation from last year that died in the committee after restaurant…

It’s no secret that California and its flagship cities have become notorious for burdensome mandates. California also has the highest state minimum wage in the nation at $16 per hour effective January, with many of its cities raising rates even higher. San Francisco currently requires a minimum wage of $18.07…

As state legislatures start off the new year, lawmakers have been quick to jump on new minimum wage hike proposals, including bills that would eliminate state tip credits. The research on potential impacts of these bills is clear: they employees by reducing employment opportunities, limiting earnings, and forcing businesses to…

Marking the anniversary of ill-fated Initiative 82 in Washington, D.C. at the end of 2023 were serious consequences: lost restaurant jobs, lost tip earnings for restaurants’ servers and bartenders, and even a wave of beloved neighborhood restaurant closures. In the Wall Street Journal, EPI’s Michael Saltsman and Rebekah Paxton write about the…