Tipped restaurant and bar workers in Chicago will make $15.80 per hour through raises over the next few years as subminimum wages are banned.

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      Washington State changed the minimum wage years ago and mandated it to include tipped workers. It didn’t really change the tipping, but the tips still went to the staff, so at least the workers got a more livable income out of the deal.

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      Currently the subminimum wage in Chicago ranges from $9 to $9.48 an hour plus tips.

      Restaurant servers and other tipped workers are paid a “subminimum wage” which acts as a base pay and is bolstered by tips.

      Chicago does tips on top of the wage. That hasn’t changed. So that might mean eliminating tips to some patrons.

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      Tips will be mostly irrelevant once patrons are not shamed and manipulated into paying tips. If the salaries are already paid, most people will not tip.

      Tips finally got to a breaking point in the US and they’re on the way out for good.