Restaurant & Nightlife Operators Tell Your Elected Representatives To Save The Tip Credit
New York State Senators, Jessica Ramos and Zellnor Myrie introduced legislation to eliminate the restaurant Tip Credit based on what they call "inaction" from Governor Cuomo after a series of hearings he held on the issue last year. Based on the senators' legislation, it's clear they haven't heard from the thousands of restaurant and nightlife operators, and tipped workers who urged Governor Cuomo to keep the tip credit intact. The Governor has not yet determined the future of the tip credit.
Now is the time to make sure the senators and Assemblymember Ellen Jaffee (the assembly bill’s sponsor) hear your voice! Tell them and your elected representatives that eliminating the tip credit will hurt local restaurants and jobs! Contact them today using the simple form and make your voice heard! Help amplify the message by sending this link to your friends and colleagues.
*** VERY IMPORTANT Make sure to send a separate email for each NYC restaurant and/or nightlife venue you operate. Enter each business address separately so all of your elected representatives hear your voice. The more businesses they hear from the more powerful the message is to save the tip credit!
We provided you a draft message you can use, but we encourage you to edit it as you see fit. You may want to add the name of your restaurant/bar, number of people you employ, and a more personalized message.
WHY RESTAURANT OPERATORS IN NEW YORK WANT TO PRESERVE THE TIP CREDIT?
- Because their restaurant's financial model is developed based on the Tip Credit and their profitability depends on it.
- Because it’s so expensive to run a business in New York that they will have to cut workers’ hours, consolidate and eliminate jobs.
- By the end of the year, recent labor mandates for restaurants around the state include a doubling of the tip wage in a mere three years and eliminating the tip credit would triple it. Six consecutive, annual minimum wage increases. A $300 increase to the minimum weekly rate for salaried employees and other well intended but expensive benefits that business owners are still figuring out how to afford.
- They don’t want to join the club of the countless other restaurants that have already been forced to close and layoff their employees due to the expensive business environment.
- If the Tip Credit were eliminated they would have to drastically modify their business model in the hopes of staying in business, which creates many challenges and scary unknowns.
Restaurant & Nightlife Operators Tell Your Elected Representatives To Save The Tip Credit
New York State Senators, Jessica Ramos and Zellnor Myrie introduced legislation to eliminate the restaurant Tip Credit based on what they call "inaction" from Governor Cuomo after a series of hearings he held on the issue last year. Based on the senators' legislation, it's clear they haven't heard from the thousands of restaurant and nightlife operators, and tipped workers who urged Governor Cuomo to keep the tip credit intact. The Governor has not yet determined the future of the tip credit.
Now is the time to make sure the senators and Assemblymember Ellen Jaffee (the assembly bill’s sponsor) hear your voice! Tell them and your elected representatives that eliminating the tip credit will hurt local restaurants and jobs! Contact them today using the simple form and make your voice heard! Help amplify the message by sending this link to your friends and colleagues.
*** VERY IMPORTANT Make sure to send a separate email for each NYC restaurant and/or nightlife venue you operate. Enter each business address separately so all of your elected representatives hear your voice. The more businesses they hear from the more powerful the message is to save the tip credit!
We provided you a draft message you can use, but we encourage you to edit it as you see fit. You may want to add the name of your restaurant/bar, number of people you employ, and a more personalized message.
WHY RESTAURANT OPERATORS IN NEW YORK WANT TO PRESERVE THE TIP CREDIT?
- Because their restaurant's financial model is developed based on the Tip Credit and their profitability depends on it.
- Because it’s so expensive to run a business in New York that they will have to cut workers’ hours, consolidate and eliminate jobs.
- By the end of the year, recent labor mandates for restaurants around the state include a doubling of the tip wage in a mere three years and eliminating the tip credit would triple it. Six consecutive, annual minimum wage increases. A $300 increase to the minimum weekly rate for salaried employees and other well intended but expensive benefits that business owners are still figuring out how to afford.
- They don’t want to join the club of the countless other restaurants that have already been forced to close and layoff their employees due to the expensive business environment.
- If the Tip Credit were eliminated they would have to drastically modify their business model in the hopes of staying in business, which creates many challenges and scary unknowns.