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Colorado legislators rewrite restaurant bill, backing away from direct cut to servers’ pay in Denver
Colorado lawmakers have backed away from a plan to cut some restaurant workers’ pay. The bill now would punt the question to ...
Democrats unveil legislation raising federal minimum wage to $17 an hour
Rep. Bobby Scott (D-Va.) and Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) introduced the Raise the Wage Act of 2025 on Tuesday in both ...
Five years after the pandemic began, Colorado’s restaurant industry isn’t the same. Will it ever be?
The fate of the state’s restaurant industry is at a tipping point, one that has landed loudly at the Colorado State Capitol.
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Colorado restaurant workers, owners at odds over bill to cut wages
Colorado’s minimum wage is $14.81 per hour for non-tipped employees and $11.79 per hour for tipped workers, reflecting a $3.02 tip offset. Denver has its own tipped minimum wage. Restaurant servers ...
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Colorado Democrats significantly change proposal to cut tipped minimum wage for restaurant employees
State lawmakers are backing off their effort to lower the tipped minimum wage for restaurant servers, bartenders and other tipped workers in places like Denver, Boulder and Edgewater. Facing ...