Mayor proposes wage hike for tipped workers – Crain’s

Mayor Lori Lightfoot has introduced her proposal to raise the city’s minimum wage to $15 by 2021 and boost base wages for tipped workers—but not to the full $15 that some employee advocates were hoping for. Her proposal would boost the city’s minimum wage for businesses with 21 or more employees to $14 per hour on July 1, 2020, and $15 one year later. Those wages also would apply to the city’s sister agencies like the park district and Chicago Transit Authority and would rise with inflation. For those with fewer than 21 employees, wages would climb more slowly, rising by 50 cents an hour each year to bring the wage to $15 per hour by 2023.