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The D.C. Council has voted to change the controversial Initiative 82, which changed how tipped employees were paid. Several ...

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

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

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The vote outraged the crowd, which erupted in anger and began shouting at the council members. WASHINGTON — Angry attendees ...

The D.C. Council has approved a change to how restaurant workers are paid, stopping short of repealing the controversial ...

It would include $1 billion for the Washington Commanders stadium deal and would repeal Initiative 82, which has gradually increased the base wage for servers and other tipped workers.

The Restaurant Association Metropolitan Washington also called on the D.C. Council to repeal Initiative 82, citing that between May 2023 — when the tipped minimum wage rose from just over $5 to ...