Tipped workers in Chicago got great news this week.
“The Chicago City Council voted to make America’s third largest city the latest to get rid of subminimum wages for tipped workers. Restaurants are now required to pay the city’s current $15.80 minimum wage for servers, bartenders and other workers in the industry.
The One Fair Wage ordinance, introduced to the City Council over the summer, is backed by Chicago mayor Brandon Johnson, who helped negotiate a compromise bill with the Illinois Restaurant Association. The legislation had more than two dozen co-sponsors.
The minimum wage for tipped workers will increase 8% starting July 1, 2024. Wages will continue to rise by 8% year over year until 2028, when tipped workers reach the full minimum wage.
Currently the subminimum wage in Chicago ranges from $9 to $9.48 an hour plus tips.”
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