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Title: Should New York State Eliminate its Subminimum Wage?
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Publication Year: 2018
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Abstract: Low-wage workers and their supporters in New York received good news when the state enacted a new minimum wage bill in 2016. Minimums for New York City and the counties of Long Island and Westchester are now slated to be $15—and will be phased in by 2022 at the latest. The balance of New York State has annual increases scheduled for a final phase-in to $12.50 on the last day of 2020. Until rather recently, minimum wage policy and debate often left out the subminimum wage workforce that relies on tips as part of their wage. In 2016, New York could have joined the ranks of the seven states that do not allow tipped workers to be paid a sub-wage, but wound up leaving them out of the new policy. In late 2017, however, Governor Cuomo unveiled a proposal to examine how economic justice would be strengthened if the state eliminated the subminimum wage (also known as the tipped minimum wage). As a result, the NYS Department of Labor has scheduled public hearings across the state beginning in spring 2018. This brief examines the merits of such a policy for the State of New York.
Url: http://irle.berkeley.edu/files/2018/04/Should-New-York-State-Eliminate-its-Subminimum-Wage.pdf
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Authors: Allegretto, Sylvia, A
Publisher: University of California, Berkeley Institute for Research on Labor and Employment
Data Collections: IPUMS USA, IPUMS CPS
Topics: Labor Force and Occupational Structure
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