An Independent Regulatory Review Committee on Monday unanimously approved a proposal by the Wolf administration to raise the tip threshold for tipped worker minimum wage. The new rule could take effect in the coming months and would primarily impact restaurants and their employees.
目前, restaurant workers can be paid an hourly wage rate of less than the state’s minimum wage of $7.25美元，低至2美元.83 an hour, as long as they make at least $30 a month in tips.
需要注意的是，每小时的工资, 加上收到的小费, 至少等于7美元.25州最低工资标准. An employee that does not receive the required minimum wage when their hourly wage is combined with tips received is required to be equalized to at least the $7.最低工资标准.
Under the newly approved rule, for a tipped employee to have an hourly wage rate of less than $7.每小时25美元, 他们每月至少要挣135美元的小费, a $105 increase meant to adjust for inflation from the last 45 years.
It’s not currently clear how the hourly wage rate should be handled if tips received were to fluctuate above and below the threshold from month-to-month.
Pennsylvania regulations are also being updated to conform to federal guidance on who can be classified as a tipped employee. Under the new rule, an employee must spend at least 80% of their time on tipped work. Employees who do not meet that threshold cannot be classified as a tipped employee and must be paid the $7.最低时薪25美元.
据估计有93个,000和160,000 workers in Pennsylvania who are currently paid a tipped minimum wage of below $7.每小时25美元.
If you have any questions, do not hesitate to contact a member of the Schneider Downs team.
