Sentences with phrase «says tipped workers»

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But tipping is actually perceived as rude in some countries like Japan, where the gesture is interpreted to mean that you're saying a worker can't be expected to provide good service without a bribe.

The worker in the Fonterra accident put her arm in a machine at the Eltham cheese factory to clear wrapping from clamps when they closed on her middle finger and amputated the tip, the Labour Department said today.

But while Democratic lawmakers had been pushing unsuccessfully for wage increase, they're still unhappy with the ultimate agreement, which they also say excluded tipped workers in the process.

Comedian Amy Poehler joined a group of One Fair Wage supporters in midtown to rally for tipped workers to be more fairly compensated and protected against sexual harassment, saying: «Let's just stop under - serving the many people who serve us.»

New York will hold a series of hearings examining issues facing tipped wage workers, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Sunday in a radio interview.

In Cuomo's proposal, state labor commissioner Roberta Reardon said it's hard for employers to keep track of their workers» tips and difficulties with recordkeeping open the door for wage theft and exploitation.

Cuomo said there are other problems with the current pay structure for tipped workers.

He said 70 percent of tipped workers in New York are women; African - American workers earn less money in tips; and the tipping dynamic can lead to sexual harassment.

Cuomo says the tipped wage system inhibits workers who earn tips from coming forward with concerns about exploitation and harassment, and it disproportionately affects women and people of color.

However, in calling for the hearings, Cuomo said more than 70 percent of all tipped workers in New York are women, and that African - American workers are often tipped less than their white counterparts.

A New York City law firm says it has filed a class action lawsuit accusing the Syracuse - based Dinosaur Bar - B - Que chain of failing to pay its tipped workers fair wages.

Cuomo's proposal to potentially end the state's minimum wage tip credit could cause food service workers to lose money and restaurants to cut jobs and even close — hurting those the proposal is intended to help, employees and restaurant owners say.

Smith says he's «outraged,» that the state's policy of counting $ 3 in tips towards the worker's minimum wage has «twisted and perverted what should be a charity into a hidden tax.»

«For far too long, wages for tipped workers in New York State have been too low,» Cuomo said after the increase was approved.

«More people take us as a credible campaign, so they're willing to give us contributions,» Hawkins said by phone, ducking out of a state board that is holding a hearing on whether or not to raise the minimum wage for workers who rely on tips.

In his address, Cuomo said tipping disproportionately affects women and people of color, and that it subjects tipped workers to higher rates of sexual harassment than workers who aren't reliant on tips.

Many workers have part of their tips stolen by their employers,» said Hawkins.

Tedisco said the measure raising the minimum wage for tipped workers in Maine was reversed in less than a year.

Hawkins says that should also go for tipped workers, who right now make a base salary of just $ 5 an hour, something the state is considering.

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo says it's time the state examines whether to do away with the practice of allowing employers to pay tipped workers less than the minimum wage.

ALBANY, N.Y. (WBEN / AP)-- New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo says it's time the state examines whether to do away with the practice of allowing employers to pay tipped workers less than the minimum wage.

The state's Restaurant and Tavern Association says it's disappointed that the Governor's wage board did not limit the minimum wage for highly tipped workers to $ 6.50 an hour.

In a letter to Cuomo and legislative leaders, the New York State Restaurant Association said its members will struggle to cope with the already approved increase in the hourly wage for tipped workers that takes effect Thursday and will not be able to afford any further hikes.

«At face value, abolishing tipping and offering higher wages instead, sounds like a reasonable and necessary action, especially when you consider the federal minimum wage for nontipped workers is $ 7.25 and the federal subminimum wage for tipped workers is at a measly $ 2.13 per hour rate,» said McKenzie.

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March 27, 2014 • A new White House report says raising the minimum wage for tip - based workers will be a big help to women.

While the Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB) has always used private investigators to look into anonymous tips about potentially fraudulent claims, Maryth Yachnin, staff lawyer at the Industrial Accident Victims» Group of Ontario (IAVGO), says the WSIB has recently started spying on injured workers, even when there is no reasonable suspicion that the person is misrepresenting a claim.

With raunchy holiday parties going back as far as 2009, sources say female workers were stripping down to their bras and panties and getting tips for pole tricks.

«Parents in the study shared parenting tips and strategies, not just with each other, but with other family members, their friends, teachers and day care workers,» Dr Love said.