Mass. — Election Day 2024 is Tuesday, November. 5.
Ballot Question 5 would increase the minimum wage for tipped workers.
A ‘yes’ vote would increase the minimum hourly wage an employer must pay a tipped worker to the full state minimum wage implemented over five years, at which point employers could pool all tips and distribute them to all non-management workers.
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A ‘no’ vote would make no change in the law governing tip pooling or the minimum wage for tipped workers.
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This proposed law would gradually increase the minimum hourly wage an employer must pay a tipped worker, over the course of five years, on the following schedule:
- To 64% of the state minimum wage on January 1, 2025
- To 73% of the state minimum wage on January 1, 2026
- To 82% of the state minimum wage on January 1, 2027
- To 91% of the state minimum wage on January 1, 2028
- To 100% of the state minimum wage on January 1, 2029
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