Tipped workers push for minimum wage in NY

Published October 3, 2014 7:02am ET



ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Restaurant servers, busboys and other tipped workers are expected to weigh in as a New York state board considers whether to mandate that they be paid the minimum wage.

The state wage board is reviewing whether to eliminate the so-called tip wage of about $5 an hour given to servers and other tipped workers. State law allows restaurants and hotels to pay those workers less than the state’s $8 minimum wage, as long as their tips make up the difference.

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