Tipped Workers In NY To Get 50 Percent Minimum-Wage Hike

WESTCHESTER COUNTY, N.Y. -- The 2014 Hospitality Wage Board has recommended a 50 percent increase in tipped workers' cash wage amounts from their current rate of $4.90, $5 and $5.65 to $7.50 per hour, according to a report by acting Commissioner of Labor Mario J. Musolino.

The minimum-wage rate will increase for tipped workers.
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by Alesha Hanson

02/25/2015 2:30 p.m.

The wage has not increased since 2011 and will be effective Thursday, Dec. 31, 2015, the report said.

The board also found that the tip allowance should be increased by $1 per hour when the weekly average of cash wages and tips equals or exceeds the application hourly minimum-wage rate by 150 percent in New York City or 120 percent in the rest of the state, the report said.

To read the full report, click here.

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