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"On Tuesday, lawmakers in Hawaii voted to increase the states minimum wage to $10.10 an hour by 2018 and it was signed into law by Gov. Neil Abercrombie (D) the next day. While the state is the third to raise its wage to that level this year, its unique in one aspect: its wage will apply to tipped and nontipped workers alike.
That means Hawaii will become the eighth state to require businesses like restaurants, nail salons, bars, and barber shops to pay the employees who earn tips the same minimum wage as everyone else. Before Hawaii, Alaska, California, Montana, Minnesota, Nevada, Oregon, and Washington had already done the same. Those seven states have more than 1 million tipped workers that make the full minimum wage."
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"Those seven states that have already eliminated the two-tier system stand out. The federal minimum wage for tipped workers is $2.13, about 30 percent of the $7.25 wage for all other workers, and it hasnt been raised in two decades. But among those who did away with the lower wage, the minimum for tipped workers reaches as high as 130 percent of the federal level. And their experience with a higher wage for people who earn tips shows it could have positive benefits for the whole economy.
The low tipped wage leaves many people who earn it struggling to get by. Across the country, workers in predominantly tipped jobs are twice as likely to experience poverty, and restaurant servers have a poverty rate that is nearly three times the rate for everyone else. Servers are also twice as likely to use food stamps to feed themselves. But the situation is different in states with higher tipped wages. In those seven states, the poverty rate for tipped workers has been reduced by a third."
ThinkProgress
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sheshe2
(83,898 posts)This is amazing Cha! Such good news for all that work at minimum wage, for the poor tipped workers what a boost!
Good news all over the place.
Cha
(297,652 posts)that are paying their workers their fair share! As well as the lives of those who work at these jobs..
Cha
(297,652 posts)msongs
(67,441 posts)sheshe2
(83,898 posts)However sing a song of praise that we are state by state taking a giant step forward. One that congress vetoed. It is one that is far overdue.
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freshwest
(53,661 posts)Cha
(297,652 posts)Good for them!
sheshe2
(83,898 posts)Love you both.
Cha
(297,652 posts)Cha
(297,652 posts)Iliyah
(25,111 posts)Cha
(297,652 posts)Useless in FL
(329 posts)My favorite state in the union.
Cha
(297,652 posts)just the idiots running it that are "useless".
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hfojvt
(37,573 posts)sometimes much more.
Doesn't Federal Law already require that the $2.13 plus tips be at least $7.25? http://www.dol.gov/elaws/faq/esa/flsa/002.htm
So now they will make $10.10 plus tips?
Nice work if you can get it.
Bjorn Against
(12,041 posts)Even at $10.10 an hour I don't know how people could possibly pay the bills, The cost of living is very high in Hawaii.
Cha
(297,652 posts)their income.
This is a wonderful boost to the Service Industry Workers who will now get minimum wage as well as tips!
Cha
(297,652 posts)lovemydog
(11,833 posts)Hawaii!