{"id":2212811,"date":"2024-04-04T08:34:02","date_gmt":"2024-04-04T12:34:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/opposition-grows-over-proposal-to-eliminate-tipped-wages-in-illinois\/"},"modified":"2024-04-04T08:34:23","modified_gmt":"2024-04-04T12:34:23","slug":"opposition-grows-over-proposal-to-eliminate-tipped-wages-in-illinois","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/opposition-grows-over-proposal-to-eliminate-tipped-wages-in-illinois\/","title":{"rendered":"Controversy mounts over plan to abolish tipped wages in Illinois"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fopposition-grows-over-proposal-to-eliminate-tipped-wages-in-illinois%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2212811&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Legislation in Illinois proposing the\u200d removal \u200bof the tip\u2062 credit is met with resistance from \u2062service industry workers. Currently,\u200b businesses \u2063contribute to tipped employees&#8217; minimum wage, topped up with tips to reach the state-mandated minimum. Tipped\u200d workers in Illinois earn a base\u200c wage of $8.40\/hour, with the minimum wage set at $14\/hour. If total earnings \u200dfall below $14\/hour, businesses must \u200bcover the shortfall.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>(The Center Square) \u2013 Legislation that would eliminate the tip credit in Illinois is facing opposition from members of the service industry.  <\/p>\n<p>Under the current system, businesses pay a portion of the tipped employee\u2019s hourly minimum wage, with the rest being made up by tips to equal at least the full state-mandated minimum wage. The base wage for tipped employees in Illinois is currently $8.40 per hour, and minimum wage is $14 per hour. If employees do not make at least $14 per hour with combined base wage and tips, businesses are required by law to pay the difference to ensure that every tipped worker makes at least minimum wage.<\/p>\n<p>The group One Fair Wage said if passed, <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ilga.gov\/legislation\/BillStatus.asp?DocTypeID=HB&#038;DocNum=5345&#038;GAID=17&#038;SessionID=112&#038;LegID=153571\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">House Bill 5345<\/a><\/strong> could boost pay for nearly 200,000 Illinoisans who earn a minimum wage that is 40% less than other workers.\u00a0State Rep. Lisa Hernandez, D-Cicero, sponsors HB5345. The measure passed out of committee Wednesday despite bipartisan opposition.\u00a0Hernandez told the House Labor and Commerce Committee she won\u2019t call the bill for a final vote on the House floor without addressing concerns. <\/p>\n<p>Critics say the change would alter the way restaurants and similar businesses pay their employees, leading to less take-home pay for workers and increased costs for businesses.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe notion that tipped employees make less than minimum wage is simply not true,\u201d said Sam Toia, president of the Illinois Restaurant Association. <\/p>\n<p>Toia said the median tipped restaurant worker in Illinois currently earns over $28 per hour.  <\/p>\n<p>The group Protect Illinois Restaurants reported a recent survey showed that 87% of tipped restaurant employees said the current tipping system works for them and should not be changed.\u00a0If tipped wages are eliminated, 86% of employees believe that they will earn less.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf this legislation becomes law, here\u2019s what we can expect,\u201d said Toia. \u201cLayoffs for servers, bartenders, bussers and runners, fewer hours for servers and higher costs at the table for consumers.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Employment Policies Institute reports eliminating the tip credit in Illinois would eliminate an estimated 7,730 jobs and lead to $20.7 million of lost earnings for tipped employees.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe should be doing everything we can to lift them up, not imposing another unjustifiable burden when so many are already grappling with significant economic challenges,\u201d said State Rep. Curtis Tarver, D-Chicago.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Legislation in Illinois aiming to remove the tip credit encounters pushback from service industry professionals. 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