{"id":20203,"date":"2024-03-13T15:13:10","date_gmt":"2024-03-13T19:13:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/hospitality\/?p=20203"},"modified":"2024-03-19T11:55:54","modified_gmt":"2024-03-19T15:55:54","slug":"should-the-tipped-minimum-wage-be-abolished-lawmakers-hear-from-advocates-servers-on-proposed-ballot-question","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/hospitality\/2024\/03\/13\/should-the-tipped-minimum-wage-be-abolished-lawmakers-hear-from-advocates-servers-on-proposed-ballot-question\/","title":{"rendered":"[Boston.com] Should the tipped minimum wage be abolished? Lawmakers hear from advocates, servers on proposed ballot question."},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_18242\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-18242\" style=\"width: 799px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/bdc2020.o0bc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/s3___bgmp-arc_arc-feeds_generic-photos_to-arc_Wiggs-_RWages_7-65f20a4ee621d-768x432.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"789\" height=\"527\" class=\" wp-image-18242\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-18242\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span>Opponents of the tipped minimum wage ballot question held their own press conference, right after proponents and just before a legislative hearing on the topic outside of the Massachusetts State House. Jonathan Wiggs \/Globe Staff<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>State lawmakers heard arguments for and against a proposed ballot question to raise the minimum wage for tipped workers Tuesday \u2014 a measure some say would mean less money for workers and others say would protect workers\u2019 rights.<\/p>\n<p>One Fair Wage,<span>\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.onefairwage.org\/about\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">a national coalition<\/a>, is sponsoring a proposed ballot question to raise the current $6.75 wage for tipped workers to $15 over the course of five years. The proposal also changes Massachusetts\u2019s current tip sharing rules. If passed, the law would permit employers to split tips among all workers, including non-tipped workers.<\/p>\n<p>&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Experts spoke to the Special Joint Committee on Initiatives Petitions, detailing the complexities of raising the tipped minimum wage. Sean Jung, an assistant professor at Boston University\u2019s School of Hospitality Administration, told lawmakers the measure could prompt a change in the restaurant industry in Massachusetts.<\/p>\n<p>Jung said to survive, restaurants could reduce hours of wait staff, fire employees, use more frozen food, add service charges, or go out of business. He said the profit margins are already low due to the pandemic and high inflation rates.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.boston.com\/news\/local-news\/2024\/03\/13\/should-the-tipped-minimum-wage-be-abolished-lawmakers-hear-from-advocates-servers-on-proposed-ballot-question\/\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>State lawmakers heard arguments for and against a proposed ballot question to raise the minimum wage for tipped workers Tuesday \u2014 a measure some say would mean less money for workers and others say would protect workers\u2019 rights. One Fair Wage,\u00a0a national coalition, is sponsoring a proposed ballot question to raise the current $6.75 wage [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22921,"featured_media":20204,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[439,340,64,54,335,346,46],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/hospitality\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20203"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/hospitality\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/hospitality\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/hospitality\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/22921"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/hospitality\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20203"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/hospitality\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20203\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20223,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/hospitality\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20203\/revisions\/20223"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/hospitality\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20204"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/hospitality\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20203"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/hospitality\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20203"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/hospitality\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20203"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}