SANTA FE — The Santa Fe City Council voted on Wednesday to raise its minimum wage from $15 an hour to $17.50 in 2027, eliciting praise from workers’ rights advocates
Federally, if they don’t earn enough tips to meet the regular minimum wage, the employer has to make up the difference. Not sure if California New Mexico has similar rules in place, though.
Because it’s a pretty normal detail to go unmentioned when discussing minimum wage. That detail has always been the case, at least as far as I’m aware.
I’m pretty sure tip workers still have the lower minimum base wage.
Federally, if they don’t earn enough tips to meet the regular minimum wage, the employer has to make up the difference. Not sure if
CaliforniaNew Mexico has similar rules in place, though.This is New Mexico
Oh, duh
That needs to be in the article and made clear, rather sloppy reporting actually. What about gig workers?
Because it’s a pretty normal detail to go unmentioned when discussing minimum wage. That detail has always been the case, at least as far as I’m aware.
This is actually the first time I’ve ever read an article about the minimum wage and it doesn’t discuss tipped wages.
Mind you, it’s also the first Santa Fe minimum wage news article I’ve ever seen.