DC Council rolls back tipped minimum wage law Initiative 82

The Council of the District of Columbia opted to strip Initiative 82 of some of its provisions Monday after the measure struggled to be fully implemented years after voters approved it.

Lawmakers believed the initiative would be a compromise between workers and the restaurant industry, but people from both sides had misgivings about it. Restaurants complained that the measure raised their costs, while workers said it reduced tipped incomes as establishments put forward service fees.