Chicago City Council Committee Advances Deal to Delay Phaseout of Tipped Minimum Wage

Chicago City Council committee approves 2-year freeze on wage hikes for tipped workers

The One Fair Wage Ordinance was supposed to gradually raise pay for tipped workers to minimum wage. But restaurant owners say it's hurting them.

Subminimum wage would be frozen at 76% of the minimum pay, but only temporarily, Council panel proposes – Chicago Sun-Times

Subminimum wage would be frozen at 76% of the minimum pay, but only temporarily, Council panel proposes

The hourly pay of Chicago’s tipped workers would be frozen at 76% of the minimum wage for the next two years for large restaurants and the next four years for smaller establishments, after a compromise advanced Tuesday without Mayor Brandon Johnson's involvement.Nearly two months after Johnson used his third veto to preserve one of the the key items on his progressive to-do-list, the Committee on Workforce Development snatched that political vic…

Chicago City Council committee advances deal to delay phaseout of tipped minimum wage

A month after Mayor Brandon Johnson vetoed an attempt to halt any future scheduled pay hikes for tipped workers in Chicago, the City Council advanced a compromise to instead pause those raises for two years.

Aldermen advance tipped wage raise delay following Mayor Brandon Johnson veto

The change to the ordinance would halt raises for two years in larger Chicago restaurants, while giving smaller restaurants a four-year break from the pay bumps for workers.

Deal Reached to Delay End of Tipped Minimum Wage, Even After Johnson Veto

A spokesperson for Mayor Brandon Johnson said he supported the compromise measure even though it would undermine one of his major legislative accomplishments as he prepares to run for a second term as mayor.