In this proposal, part of the 2018 State of the State, Governor Cuomo directed the Commissioner of Labor to schedule public hearings to examine industries and evaluate the possibility of ending minimum
wage tip credits in New York State, with an eye toward replacing tipping with an increased minimum wage.
«Governor Cuomo is directing the Commissioner of Labor to schedule public hearings to evaluate the possibility of ending minimum
wage tip credits in New York State.
Servers and other tipped workers from around New York state will rally at SUNY - ESF on Monday to protest the end of the minimum
wage tip credit in the restaurant industry.
Spa City restaurateurs met with the state Restaurant Association to discuss Cuomo's proposal to eliminate the minimum
wage tip credit in New York state, and how it would negatively impact their restaurants and employees.
BLASDELL, N.Y. (WBEN)-- Governor Andrew Cuomo's plans to eliminate the minimum
wage tip credit in New York State is under scrutiny from many restaurants, including Blasdell's Ilio DiPaolo's Restaurant & Banquet Facility in Blasdell.
Not exact matches
Under the law, an employer may take a
credit against its minimum
wage obligation and pay a reduced minimum
wage to certain «
tipped employees» (i.e. individuals who have regular customer interaction and receive more than $ 30 dollars per month
in tips).
Cuomo indicated that
in his State of the State address Wednesday he will discuss the prospect of eliminating this
tipped credit system and compelling employers to pay the full minimum
wage.
The State Department of Labor on Friday held a packed public hearing
in Albany on the
tipped wage credit.
Hawkins also told the
wage board that it should join California and six other states
in eliminating the
tip credit that reduces the minimum
wage.
Representatives from six different local companies sat down with the association's president and CEO Melissa Fleischut on Monday at the Saratoga County Chamber of Commerce offices for a talk about the potential elimination of the minimum
wage tip credit and the impact it would have
in the Saratoga Springs community.
A consortium of restaurant owners and workers have formed a coalition and launched a website Monday to oppose an end to the
tipped wage credit in New York.
With the
tip credit, restaurants
in New York state are allowed to pay
tipped workers less than minimum
wage as long as their
tips make up for those smaller wages.
«Governor Cuomo Unveils 5th Proposal of 2018 State of the State: Examine Eliminating the Minimum
Wage Tip Credit to Strengthen Economic Justice
in New York State,» Dec. 17, 2017, Press Release
Hawkins said that New York should join California and six other states
in eliminating the
tip credit that reduces the minimum
wage.