NEWS
“The measure, should it be signed by the governor, would give local governments in parts of the state where the minimum wage is higher than the state’s minimum the option to increase the tipped-wage credit. Right now, the credit is $3.02 statewide, no matter what the local minimum wage is…”
“The data makes clear that Denver’s restaurants are facing an environment in which overhead and labor costs, demand, employment, and operating conditions are misaligned in ways that cannot self-correct without intervention.”
“Our tipped employees on a very, very slow day are making $26 an hour, and on a busy day, making $61 an hour. So they are never making minimum wage. This is not a minimum wage issue…"