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Nearly 900 full-service restaurant jobs have vanished since March, and more than 50 restaurants have closed in just the first ...
The D.C. Council on Monday voted 7–5 to partially repeal Initiative 82, a law aimed at gradually raising the tipped minimum ...
The D.C. Council voted on changes to Initiative 82, a controversial piece of legislation that changed how tipped workers were ...
The reopened conversation about I-82 comes after the Council voted in June to pause the pay bump — from $10 to $12 per hour — ...
Angry protests erupted as D.C. Councilmembers voted Monday to pass a compromise amendment partially repealing Initiative 82, ...
DC’s tipped wage will not be phased out by 2027 as scheduled. Instead, the DC Council voted 7 to 5 today to partially repeal ...
Data shows DC restaurants have been facing a series of economic headwinds like increased rent, higher food prices, and a ...
The D.C. Council has approved a change to how restaurant workers are paid, stopping short of repealing the controversial ...
Last week, a survey by the Restaurant Association of Metropolitan Washington found that new restaurant openings are down 17 ...
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 ...
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The Restaurant Association Metropolitan Washington also called on the D.C. Council to repeal Initiative 82, citing that between May 2023 — when the tipped minimum wage rose from just over $5 to ...