Massachusetts’ highest court has rejected a challenge to a proposed ballot question that would raise the minimum wage businesses must pay to workers who rely on tips, as well as permit tip pooling among both tipped and nontipped employees.
BOSTON — Massachusetts ’ highest court has tossed out a challenge to a proposed ballot question that would raise the minimum wage businesses must pay to workers who rely on tips and permit tip pooling among both tipped and nontipped employees.
The Massachusetts Restaurant Association and others have opposed the question, arguing in part that under the state constitution initiative petitions must contain only related or mutually dependent subjects. Opponents argued that increasing what employers must pay tipped workers while also allowing businesses to divide those tips between their full staff were too unrelated to include in a single question.
Under current state law, the minimum hourly wage for most workers is set at $15. A separate law permits employers to pay tipped employees an hourly wage of $6.75. The employer can then use any customer tips to cover the remaining $8.25 per hour owed to the employee to reach $15 dollars.
The ballot question would gradually raise the hourly wage that employers must pay tipped employees over the course of several years, starting Jan. 1, 2025 and ending on Jan. 1, 2029, when workers would have to be paid the full minimum wage.
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