The D.C. Council has voted to change the controversial Initiative 82, which changed how tipped employees were paid. Several ...

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

The Trump administration enacted a slew of policies that placed some restaurants on high alert in Washington, D.C.

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

The Council of the District of Columbia opted to strip Initiative 82 of some of its provisions Monday after the measure ...

Last week, a survey by the Restaurant Association of Metropolitan Washington found that new restaurant openings are down 17 ...

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

The D.C. Council has approved a change to how restaurant workers are paid, stopping short of repealing the controversial ...

WASHINGTON — The long running discussions over Initiative 82 aren't over yet. The measure gradually increases tipped workers' base salary over a period of years, to the same amount earned by non ...

Last month, the DC Council voted to temporarily pause the July 1 increase included in Initiative 82. The second and final vote on the 2026 budget is scheduled for July 30.

Under Initiative 82, the next increase to the minimum cash wage for tipped employees in the District was scheduled to increase from $10 per hour to $12 per hour, effective July 1, 2025.