Arizona Proposition 138: Debate on wages of tipped workers
Oct. 10
Proposition 138 would allow for tipped workers to be paid 25% less per hour than the minimum wage if any tips received by the employee were not less than the minimum wage plus $2 for all hours worked.
Steve Chucri, President and CEO of the Arizona Restaurant Association, and Jeanne Woodbury, an Associate Lobbyist at Creosote Partners, joined “Arizona Horizon” to discuss the impact of the proposition and how a vote in either direction would affect tipped workers in Arizona.
A “yes” vote will amend the Arizona Constitution to allow employers to pay employees up to 25% less than the minimum hourly wage if the employer can prove the employee’s wage combined with tips or gratuities is at least $2 more than the minimum wage for every hour worked.
A “no” vote will maintain the current laws regarding minimum wage.
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