Monday, August 05, 2024

Customers and workers will pay the price of cutting tipped wages, Michigan restaurant owners say - mlive.com

Those changes, they say, will result in higher prices for customers and risk jobs for workers...
  • GRAND RAPIDS, MI – Michigan restaurant owners are warning that recent changes to the state’s tipped wage laws will have a “devastating” effect on local businesses.
  • Under the new regulations, the lower wage for tipped workers would increase from $3.93 to about $6 next year, and it would be eventually eliminated altogether by 2029. 
  • Proponents of the changes say eliminating tipped wages will offer more stable earnings to the 125,000 tipped workers in Michigan’s hospitality industry...

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