The proposal sets up a debate that will pit business interests against advocates for low-wage workers in a wealthy county with deep inequities.
from council members Will Jawando and Kristin Mink would eliminate the tipped wage credit — which allows employers to pay tipped staff less than the standard minimum wage as long as tips make up the difference — and raise the minimum-wage floor for tipped workers by $2 annually, starting next July.
of that effort this year — leading restaurants across the city to implement service fees that have confused some diners.Although the issue is gaining traction across a wider swath of the DMV, eliminating the tipped wage credit has vocal opponents who say the move will kill businesses, especially restaurants, that were already hit hard by the economic turmoil of the pandemic and often operate on thin profit margins in the best of times.
But many other groups support getting rid of what they call a “subminimum wage” for tipped workers. On Tuesday afternoon, the bill’s sponsors were joined at a rally supporting the bill by advocates from CASA, the Maryland Center for Economic Policy, the National Women’s Law Center, One Fair Wage, Our Revolution, SEIU 1199, Unite Here Local 25, and Restaurant Workers & Employers.
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