Chicago Will End Subminimum Wage For Tipped Workers After Council Approves Plan

CHICAGO — Tipped workers at restaurants and other Chicago businesses will no longer make a “subminimum wage” thanks to legislation that passed City Council Friday — although the changes will gradually take effect over the next five years. Chicago’s minimum wage for most workers is $15.80 an hour. But tipped workers like restaurant servers can be paid a subminimum wage, a base pay that ranges from $9 an hour for employees at smaller companies to $9.48 for those at larger ones, which are bolstered by on-the-job tips. Employers are legally...