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California has spent years enacting some of the most aggressive minimum wage increases in the nation. New labor data now suggests that these wage policies are starting to take a toll on the state’s youngest workers. In April 2025, California ranked among the top five states in unemployment rates as…

Ahead of a planned hearing on Mayor Muriel Bowser’s budget proposal to repeal Initiative 82 – the current law eliminating DC’s tip credit – DC’s Office of the Budget Director released a report claiming DC’s restaurant industry “remains healthy” under tip credit elimination. But the latest data show that isn’t…

Candidates, lawmakers, and activists alike are pushing New York to raise its minimum wage – but the Empire State’s history of wage hikes has slashed employment over the last decade. Lawmakers should learn the state’s history before proposing laws that would repeat the same consequences for businesses and their employees.

It’s no secret AB 1228 – California’s $20 fast food minimum wage law – has caused thousands of job losses and pushed restaurants to close or leave the state. Now, new analysis shows that even workers who kept their jobs after the new law still saw their scheduled hours shrink.

One Fair Wage and supporters of Initiative 82 claimed tip credit elimination was necessary to create more “fair” and “stable” wages for the District’s tipped restaurant staff. Federal Bureau of Labor Statistics data shows since Initiative 82 went into effect in May 2023, restaurant and bar workers have lost $11.8…

You may have thought Sen. Bernie Sanders’ $17 wage hike bill was bad news – just wait until you hear about the newest proposal by Reps. Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA) and Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (D-WA). In an announcement earlier this week, Rep. Fitzpatrick said he plans to introduce a…

In a press conference this week to unveil her new budget proposal, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser called for a full repeal of the city’s tip credit elimination law, Initiative 82. In the presentation, the mayor called on facts, data, and restaurant experiences to explain how repealing the law would…

Some New Jersey lawmakers are proposing to eliminate the state’s tip credit – and local tipped restaurant workers aren’t buying it. Currently, New Jersey law requires all employees earn $15.49 per hour. For tipped restaurant employees, this hourly minimum can be comprised of an employer-paid cash wage of $5.62 per…

Following a recent misleading report about the state of Washington, D.C. under its tip credit elimination law, One Fair Wage has released another report — this time offering misleading claims about tipping in New York claiming workers are “drowning.” The proposed life raft? Eliminating New York’s tip credit. EPI reviewed…

The District of Columbia has been rattled by the latest damage caused by its tip credit elimination law, Initiative 82 – the closing of Brookland’s Finest restaurant. The tragic closure of that DC institution is not an isolated occurrence, as Washingtonian reported: “There’s a lot of skeleton versions of…