Nearly 900 full-service restaurant jobs have vanished since March, and more than 50 restaurants have closed in just the first ...

Many restaurant owners breathed a sigh of relief—even as plenty of them grumble about the failure of a full repeal. Meanwhile ...

The reopened conversation about I-82 comes after the Council voted in June to pause the pay bump — from $10 to $12 per hour — ...

The tipped worker subminimum wage keeps service employees’ livelihoods subject to the whims of bosses and customers. Momentum ...

D.C. Council votes on I-82 pause © 2025 American City Business Journals. All rights reserved. Use of and/or registration on ...

Under the newly passed amendment co-sponsored by councilmembers Christina Henderson and Charles Allen, the current base wage ...

The D.C. Council opted to strip Initiative 82 of some of its provisions after the measure struggled to be fully implemented years after voters approved it.

The D.C. Council on Monday voted 7–5 to partially repeal Initiative 82, a law aimed at gradually raising the tipped minimum ...

The council also took an initial vote on the Rental Act that would, among other things, speed up the eviction process for ...

The municipality voted to cap the tipped wage at 75% of the city’s minimum wage, gutting a law passed by referendum in 2022 ...

The D.C. Council approved a compromise amendment that will ultimately preserve a 25% tip credit. The move comes amid reports ...

The D.C. Council voted on changes to Initiative 82, a controversial piece of legislation that changed how tipped workers were ...