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In 2022, lawmakers in Hawaii approved a bill to put Hawaii’s minimum wage higher than any other state in the country: to reach $18 per hour by 2028. The state also has a minimal tip credit allowance for restaurant employers to count $1.25 in tips toward the higher minimum wage…

Decades of economic research has documented how minimum wage hikes cause employment loss and business closures. In a year with a record number of wage hikes and historic inflationary increases, 2023 has seen mass business casualties, particularly for the restaurant industry, as a result of the activism for higher wage…

Earlier this year, Sen. Bernie Sanders introduced a bill to raise the federal minimum wage up to $17 per hour and eliminate the tip credit, a hike of more than 134 percent. This week, the Congressional Budget Office released a review of the economic impacts of Sanders’ proposal, detailing the…

The Bureau of Labor Statistics announced that in November, the price of dining out increased three times more than the price of eating at home. As states and cities across the nation brace to raise minimum wages in the New Year, elected officials should be wary of the impacts…

As the year draws to a close, states and local areas are preparing for a wave of minimum wage hikes beginning January 1. This year, 91 jurisdictions will raise minimum wages, including in 26 states, 64 cities and counties, and Puerto Rico. As more areas are enacting minimum wage increases…

In recent years, New York’s decision to slash its tip credit and increase its tipped minimum wage requirement has wreaked havoc on the restaurant industry. Data already shows that even before the onset of the pandemic, downsizing the tip credit has killed New York full-service restaurant jobs and stunted…

After a flurry of proposals on minimum wage hikes and tip credit elimination at the local, state, and federal levels this year, union activists aren’t done yet. Campaigns led by tipped employees to save tip credits prevailed this year in Maryland (and local Prince George’s County), Rhode Island, Connecticut, and…

November 8 marked the one-year anniversary of District of Columbia voters passing Initiative 82, a ballot measure to eliminate the city’s tip credit. Ever since its passage, the actual implementation of the measure has been plagued by procedural delays and overwhelming concerns from restaurants, employees, and diners alike…

One Fair Wage, the union-funded group pushing states and cities around the country to eliminate their tip credits, often touts to lawmakers and media that switching to a flat minimum wage won’t cost anything. With sights set on Ohio as its next target, One Fair Wage has brought the…

In recent attempts to eliminate tip credits in Chicago and several Maryland counties, One Fair Wage president Saru Jayaraman vilified restaurants who chose to use service charges as a way to the rising costs associated with tip credit elimination. It turns out, One Fair Wage once endorsed service charges as…