CHICAGO RESTAURANTS WIN MAYOR’S SUPPORT FOR KEEPING A TIP CREDIT

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But the wage-hike plan from Lori Lightfoot would raise the city’s minimum pay to $15 an hour by July 2021. Source: https://www.restaurantbusinessonline.com/ By Peter Romeo Nov. 14, 2019 Chicago’s full-service restaurants notched a victory yesterday when Mayor Lori Lightfoot issued a wage-hike plan that preserves the tip credit. Her proposal calls for raising the wage…

Nearly half of states slated to increase minimum wage

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Hikes scheduled as $15 an hour federal proposal stalls in Congress Source: https://www.nrn.com/ Ron Ruggless Nov 12, 2019 Nearly half the states will be imposing higher minimum wage rates effective New Year’s Eve or New Year’s Day, with an increasing number of increases baked into earlier enacted graduated hikes or linked to economic indexes. With…