Tipped Worker Protection Act

This bill would change federal wage law so that tipped workers are eventually paid the same full federal minimum wage as other workers, instead of a lower cash wage plus tips. During a transition, the minimum cash wage for tipped workers would start at $3.60 an hour and rise by $1.50 each year until it reaches the regular minimum wage. Employers, managers, and supervisors could not keep workers' tips, including to cover credit card fees. Workers could vote to set up tip pools, and employers adding mandatory service charges would have to tell customers and workers what the charge is for and how much goes to workers. Service charge amounts paid to workers would be treated as tips for an employer tax credit.

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Sponsors

• Jahana Hayes Democrat sponsor
• 13 cosponsors