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New Data Shows Restaurants Are Bracing for Tipped Wage Hike in DC: Majority of D.C. Restaurants Say They Will be Forced to Lay off Staff, Close Locations, or Move Outside of DC
April 2023 · ·
Arlington, Va. – Today, the Employment Policies Institute (EPI) released new survey results that find District of Columbia restaurant operators are bracing for the negative consequences of the city’s tip credit elimination beginning May 1, including anticipated staff reductions, fewer raises, steep price increases, and restaurant closures. Key findings from the survey of more than 100 D.C. operators: Eighty-five percent of operators indicated tip credit elimination will force them to reduce the number of… -
New Survey: 62 Percent of Economists Oppose $15 Federal Minimum Wage: Three-fourths believe ending federal tip credit will slash tipped restaurant jobs
April 2022 · ·
WASHINGTON, D.C. (April 28, 2022) — Today, the Employment Policies Institute (EPI) released a new survey reflecting labor economists’ views of a federal $15 minimum wage conducted by Dr. Lloyd Corder of CorCom, Inc., Carnegie Mellon, and the University of Pittsburgh. The online survey was completed by 160 US economists in February 2022. Responding economists specialized primarily in labor (69%), and a majority of economists (63%) had… -
Eliminating Tip Credit Will Cost Michigan Up To 14k Restaurant Jobs: Analysis From Miami and Trinity University Economists Echoes Harvard Study on Restaurant Risk
May 2018 · ·
WASHINGTON D.C. — Today, the Employment Policies Institute (EPI) released a new policy study by Drs. David Macpherson of Trinity University and William Even of Miami University which examines the impact of the proposed elimination of Michigan’s tip credit. Using a variety of empirical models, the economists conclude that Michigan will lose at least 5,200, and as many as 14,000, jobs in the full-service restaurant industry. Read… -
New Polling Data Finds One-Quarter of Question 4 Supporters Didn’t Know It Would Eliminate Tip Credit: 60 percent of voters say they wouldn’t oppose Maine legislature fixing tip credit portion of law
December 2016 · ·
Washington D.C. – Today the Employment Policies Institute (EPI) released new polling data about Maine voters’ knowledge of Election Day’s Minimum Wage ballot measure, Question 4. The poll, conducted with Google’s Consumer Survey tool of 500 Maine residents who voted on the ballot measure, found that one-quarter of “yes” voters did not understand that it also eliminated the tip credit, raising the base wage for tipped employees… -
New TV Commercial Features Tipped Workers Concerned Over the Negative Impact of a Tipped Wage Hike
July 2014 · ·
Washington, D.C. – Today the Employment Policies Institute is announcing its new commercial airing in Washington, D.C. that highlights tipped employees’ concerns regarding a proposal currently before Congress to raise the tipped minimum wage by 232 percent. The tipped restaurant workers interviewed for the commercial argue this proposed wage hike will actually reduce opportunities for them and their co-workers. The ad features three non-scripted tipped restaurant employees…