The D.C. Council voted on changes to Initiative 82, a controversial piece of legislation that changed how tipped workers were ...

The D.C. Council on Monday voted 7–5 to partially repeal Initiative 82, a law aimed at gradually raising the tipped minimum ...

The municipality voted to cap the tipped wage at 75% of the city’s minimum wage, gutting a law passed by referendum in 2022 ...

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The reopened conversation about I-82 comes after the Council voted in June to pause the pay bump — from $10 to $12 per hour — ...

Many restaurant owners breathed a sigh of relief—even as plenty of them grumble about the failure of a full repeal. Meanwhile ...

The tipped worker subminimum wage keeps service employees’ livelihoods subject to the whims of bosses and customers. Momentum ...

Under the newly passed amendment co-sponsored by councilmembers Christina Henderson and Charles Allen, the current base wage ...

Ballot measure details Initiative 82 would raise the minimum wage from $5.05 for tipped workers incrementally over the next 6 years until it is equal to the regular minimum wage in Washington, DC.