The legislature has officially dropped the proposal to eliminate the tip credit. I am honestly stunned by how quickly you all came together to protect our livelihoods and I owe this entire result to your efforts.
May 7, 2017
Final supporters
CT Legislature: don’t slash my earnings!
The ProposalSome elected officials in the CT Legislature want to eliminate CT’s tip credit. The tip credit is a federal and state law which allows restaurant employers to take a credit on the wages paid to employees who regularly receive gratuities.
The ResponseCT restaurant employers can choose to ban tipping altogether in their restaurants and replace it with a service charge. A service charge can be distributed amongst all restaurant employees at any amount, or not at all. Servers and bartenders could then be paid minimum wage and not receive tips at all.
The PlanRestaurant operators and tipped employees need to work together to educate legislators and let them know that the tip credit works for servers, bartenders and operators.
How to HelpClick here to sign an on-line petition to tell elected officials not to cut your earnings! Please feel free to pass along to other restaurant employees to oppose House Bill 7084! In your message please write in what restaurant/bar you work in and how this bill will affect you. Thank you!
Updates
Reached 500 supporters
March 1, 2017
February 21, 2017
I have been reading through the notes you left about your workplaces and I am genuinely overwhelmed by how much thought you put into this. These stories prove that people doing the actual work know the reality of the industry far better than any legislator. All I did was start a page but you are the ones putting the real pressure on the system.
February 21, 2017
I honestly never thought this would reach one hundred signatures when I started it. This response is entirely thanks to all of you who stepped up to protect our livelihoods.
Reached 100 supporters
February 20, 2017
156 Comments
I work at Joey Garlics. This would affect me because I work hard for my tips and they're paying my bills while I go to college. Minimum wage would not cut it for most restaurant employees.
Servers and bartenders are amongst the highest paid staff members in the industry. In many instances they make more than the managers. This will hurt the people you believe you are helping. Please do NOT get rid of the tip credit and allow the full service restaurants to stay in business.
It's not fair to go after these people's incomes. We all have someone we know or are related to that makes a living this way. My mom was a waitress for many years and that income helped us survive.
Please do not pass this law. 16 year olds just coming into the working world get minimum wage. Some of us restaurant veterans have been in the industry for 30+ years, gone through expensive training and years of abuse just to have us reduced back to minimum wage is an insult to all that we have worked for.
The result of eliminating the tip credit WILL result in more lost jobs in CT in the hospitality industry, I site the recent closures of 3 restaurants as a reason to not eliminate the tip credit.
This people work hard for the tips, allow them to keep them
I will literally go bankrupt and lose the house I've been working 12 years as a bartender for.
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The legislature has officially dropped the proposal to eliminate the tip credit. I am honestly stunned by how quickly you all came together to protect our livelihoods and I owe this entire result to your efforts.
May 7, 2017
Final supporters
CT Legislature: don’t slash my earnings!
The ProposalSome elected officials in the CT Legislature want to eliminate CT’s tip credit. The tip credit is a federal and state law which allows restaurant employers to take a credit on the wages paid to employees who regularly receive gratuities.
The ResponseCT restaurant employers can choose to ban tipping altogether in their restaurants and replace it with a service charge. A service charge can be distributed amongst all restaurant employees at any amount, or not at all. Servers and bartenders could then be paid minimum wage and not receive tips at all.
The PlanRestaurant operators and tipped employees need to work together to educate legislators and let them know that the tip credit works for servers, bartenders and operators.
How to HelpClick here to sign an on-line petition to tell elected officials not to cut your earnings! Please feel free to pass along to other restaurant employees to oppose House Bill 7084! In your message please write in what restaurant/bar you work in and how this bill will affect you. Thank you!
Updates
Reached 500 supporters
March 1, 2017
February 21, 2017
I have been reading through the notes you left about your workplaces and I am genuinely overwhelmed by how much thought you put into this. These stories prove that people doing the actual work know the reality of the industry far better than any legislator. All I did was start a page but you are the ones putting the real pressure on the system.
February 21, 2017
I honestly never thought this would reach one hundred signatures when I started it. This response is entirely thanks to all of you who stepped up to protect our livelihoods.
Reached 100 supporters
February 20, 2017
156 Comments
As a restaurant owner, I employ 19 people on a part and full time basis. It's a tough industry with long hours and it's truly difficult to make ends meet at times . Do not eliminate this credit it will put many restaurant in the ref
I work at Joey Garlics. This would affect me because I work hard for my tips and they're paying my bills while I go to college. Minimum wage would not cut it for most restaurant employees.
Servers and bartenders are amongst the highest paid staff members in the industry. In many instances they make more than the managers. This will hurt the people you believe you are helping. Please do NOT get rid of the tip credit and allow the full service restaurants to stay in business.
It's not fair to go after these people's incomes. We all have someone we know or are related to that makes a living this way. My mom was a waitress for many years and that income helped us survive.
Please do not pass this law. 16 year olds just coming into the working world get minimum wage. Some of us restaurant veterans have been in the industry for 30+ years, gone through expensive training and years of abuse just to have us reduced back to minimum wage is an insult to all that we have worked for.
The result of eliminating the tip credit WILL result in more lost jobs in CT in the hospitality industry, I site the recent closures of 3 restaurants as a reason to not eliminate the tip credit.
This people work hard for the tips, allow them to keep them
I will literally go bankrupt and lose the house I've been working 12 years as a bartender for.
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As a restaurant owner, I employ 19 people on a part and full time basis. It's a tough industry with long hours and it's truly difficult to make ends meet at times . Do not eliminate this credit it will put many restaurant in the ref