The District’s arm of One Fair Wage, an advocacy group calling for fair wages for hourly and tipped workers, has published a guide with the support of other organizations informing consumers on which restaurants are using service charges. This effort is in concert with the passage of Initiative 82 by District voters in 2022, which progressively allows tipped workers to get the city’s minimum wage in a few years.
Service charges are fees added to a customer’s restaurant bill, usually involuntarily. Depending on the restaurant, fees will be explained, what purpose they serve and for what they are used.
“D.C.’s Consumer Guide to I-82 and Service Charges” is presented on the One Fair Wage website. It compiles the response of 150 restaurants in the city that utilize service charges.
The guide has been published in reference to November 2022, when District voters passed Initiative 82 (I-82) by 74% of the vote. I-82 was designed to increase the minimum wage for tipped employees from $5.05 an hour to match the minimum wage of non-tipped employees in 2027. As of July 1, 2021, the minimum wage for non-tipped workers was $15.20.
The increase in the minimum wage progresses. It began this year, on January 1, with $6 per hour and will increase to $8 per hour by July 1; $10 per hour by July 1, 2024; $12 per hour by July 1, 2025; $14 per hour by July 1, 2026; and equal to non-tipped employee minimum wage by July 1, 2027. I-82 was supposed to go into effect in January. However, the D.C....
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