Since the governor's
wage board hiked the hourly pay of tipped workers in New York by 50 percent, a growing number of restaurants are establishing «no tipping» policies.
Not exact matches
«Major tax increases or policy changes such as big
hikes in the minimum
wage will probably do more harm than good,» says Dahlby of the sort of programs necessary to satisfy vocal public - health
boards.
Last month, a
wage board appointed by Governor Cuomo suggested a minimum
wage hike for fast food workers to $ 15 an hour.
Nassau's financial control
board is objecting to proposed state legislation that would allow the county's union employees to get contractual step increases — salary
hikes based on years in the job — even during a
wage freeze.
The Wall Street Journal reported this morning that the governor's latest
wage board is poised to recommend
hiking the hourly pay of New York's fast food workers all the way to $ 15, and the state's Labor Commissioner is expected to sign off on that recommendation.
Whatever the
wage board determines, advocates will likely be emboldened for a more expansive and larger
wage hike in the future.
In the summer, and as Cuomo's feud with liberal New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio erupted into public view, Cuomo convened a
wage board at the Department of Labor to study a minimum
wage hike for workers in the fast - food industry.
Food tip workers were excluded from last year's deal on a pay
hike, Cuomo has refused for more than a year to convene a minimum
wage board to provide a
hike administratively as state lawmakers directed him to do.
Hawkins supports raising the state minimum
wage to $ 15 an hour, indexed to increases in worker productivity, and would crack down on the epidemic of
wage theft in the state Gov. Andrew Cuomo has refused more than a year to convene a minimum
wage board to provide a
wage hike to tip workers despite this being part of the
wage agreement last year with the legislature.
Cuomo originally proposed a $ 15 minimum
wage statewide, but Republicans were able to limit that to $ 12.50 in areas north of Westchester County (subject to an index that could
hike rates higher), push out the phase - in on Long Island, win a promise from the governor not to convene any
wage boards for the next five years and limit increases for tipped workers.
According to Marchione, Cuomo at one point threatened Republican senators specifically, saying he would convene a
wage board through the state Department of Labor that could unilaterally
hike the hourly rate to $ 15 if the GOP conference did not agree to a legislative deal.
He's issued announcements including the convening of a special
wage board to look at whether to raise the minimum
wage for tipped workers, and the opening new
hiking trails in the North Country.
Flanagan previously has expressed reservations about
hiking the minimum
wage, but he said Republicans had few options because Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo was prepared to impose the increase through a state
wage board.
Auburn Citizen: Cuomo directs
wage board to explore possible minimum
wage hike for fast food workers
Hawkins slammed Cuomo for refusing for more than a year to convene a minimum
wage board to provide a
wage hike to tip workers despite this being part of the
wage agreement last year with the legislature.
NIFA Chairman Adam Barsky and other
board members criticized a state bill to loosen rules on step
wage hikes.
Though Mr. Cuomo compelled a
wage board in July to phase in a $ 15
wage for fast food workers statewide, he has thrown cold water on proposed minimum
wage hikes in the past.
In May, Governor Andrew Cuomo requested the
Wage Board consider
hiking pay for fast - food workers.
Even the United Federation of Teachers (UFT) supported the reform legislation after Mayor Bloomberg gave the teachers a 16 percent across - the -
board wage hike (plus an extra 5 percent for beginning teachers).