{"id":7585,"date":"2020-01-13T10:16:47","date_gmt":"2020-01-13T15:16:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gtm.com\/business\/?p=7585"},"modified":"2021-03-27T16:08:11","modified_gmt":"2021-03-27T20:08:11","slug":"new-york-tipped-wage-rate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gtm.com\/business\/new-york-tipped-wage-rate\/","title":{"rendered":"Here are the Changes to the New York Tipped Wage Rate"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7590\" src=\"https:\/\/gtm.com\/business\/wp-content\/uploads\/new-york-tipped-wage-rate.jpg\" alt=\"new york tipped wage rate\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gtm.com\/business\/wp-content\/uploads\/new-york-tipped-wage-rate.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/gtm.com\/business\/wp-content\/uploads\/new-york-tipped-wage-rate-980x654.jpg 980w, https:\/\/gtm.com\/business\/wp-content\/uploads\/new-york-tipped-wage-rate-480x320.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) 1024px, 100vw\" \/>On Dec. 31, 2019, New York amended its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.labor.ny.gov\/formsdocs\/wp\/CR142.pdf\">wage order for miscellaneous industries<\/a> to eliminate the minimum wage rate for tipped employees. Please note that the current New York tipped wage rate still applies to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.labor.ny.gov\/formsdocs\/wp\/CR146.pdf\">restaurant and hospitality industries<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The miscellaneous tipped employee minimum wage rate will increase in two stages:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>On<strong> June 30, 2020<\/strong>, the new rate will increase to cover 50 percent of the difference between the miscellaneous tipped wage and the state minimum wage.<\/li>\n<li>On<strong> December 31, 2020<\/strong>, the miscellaneous tipped wage will increase again to become equal to the applicable minimum wage.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The state estimates that this change will impact more than 70,000 tipped employees. Affected employees will include nail salon workers, hairdressers, aestheticians, car wash workers, valet parking attendants, door-persons, tow truck drivers, dog groomers and tour guides.<\/p>\n<p>The Miscellaneous Wage Order states:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>New York\u2019s miscellaneous industry wage order applies to employees who are not covered by another minimum wage order or work for a nonprofit.<\/li>\n<li>Employers can pay the high tip rate to employees who receive tips that are equal to or greater than the high tip rate.<\/li>\n<li>Employers can pay the low tip rate to employees who receive tips that are between the low and high tip rates.<\/li>\n<li>Employers must pay the full minimum wage rate to employees who receive tips lower than the low tip rate.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>New York Tipped Wage Rate Table<\/h2>\n<table width=\"738\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"99\"><\/td>\n<td colspan=\"9\" width=\"639\"><strong>Minimum Wage for Tipped Employees in Miscellaneous Industries<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"99\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" colspan=\"3\" width=\"211\"><strong>New York City<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" colspan=\"3\" width=\"217\"><strong>Long Island &amp; Westchester<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" colspan=\"3\" width=\"211\"><strong>Rest of the State<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"99\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"73\">Min. Wage<\/td>\n<td width=\"69\">Low Tips<\/td>\n<td width=\"69\">High Tips<\/td>\n<td width=\"79\">Min. Wage<\/td>\n<td width=\"69\">Low Tips<\/td>\n<td width=\"69\">High Tips<\/td>\n<td width=\"79\">Min. Wage<\/td>\n<td width=\"69\">Low Tips<\/td>\n<td width=\"63\">High Tips<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"99\">Dec. 31, 2019<\/td>\n<td width=\"73\">$15<\/td>\n<td width=\"69\">$12.75<\/td>\n<td width=\"69\">$11.35<\/td>\n<td width=\"79\">$13<\/td>\n<td width=\"69\">$11.05<\/td>\n<td width=\"69\">$9.80<\/td>\n<td width=\"79\">$11.80<\/td>\n<td width=\"69\">$10.05<\/td>\n<td width=\"63\">$9.80<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"99\">June 30, 2020<\/td>\n<td width=\"73\">$15<\/td>\n<td width=\"69\">$13.85<\/td>\n<td width=\"69\">$13.15<\/td>\n<td width=\"79\">$13<\/td>\n<td width=\"69\">$12<\/td>\n<td width=\"69\">$11.40<\/td>\n<td width=\"79\">$11.80<\/td>\n<td width=\"69\">$10.90<\/td>\n<td width=\"63\">$10.35<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"99\">Dec. 31, 2020<\/td>\n<td width=\"73\">$15<\/td>\n<td width=\"69\">$15<\/td>\n<td width=\"69\">$15<\/td>\n<td width=\"79\">$14<\/td>\n<td width=\"69\">$14<\/td>\n<td width=\"69\">$14<\/td>\n<td width=\"79\">$12.50<\/td>\n<td width=\"69\">$12.50<\/td>\n<td width=\"63\">$12.50<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>To manage the backend of any payroll process revisions, an HCM solution can streamline all tracking, updating, and reviewing of important business data. Keep your company agile today and tomorrow with <a href=\"https:\/\/gtm.com\/business\/what-we-offer\/human-capital-management\/\">isolved, GTM&#8217;s platform that adapts to changing regulations<\/a>, helps you maintain compliance, and ensures your employees are paid correctly. <a href=\"https:\/\/gtm.com\/business\/get-a-quote\/\">Request a free quote today to learn more<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>\u00a9 2020 Zywave, Inc. All rights reserved.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While the current New York tipped wage rate still applies for the restaurant and hospitality industries, it will no longer apply to many others.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[232],"tags":[21,6,143,15],"post_folder":[],"class_list":["post-7585","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-gtm-biz-blog-isolved","tag-minimum-wage","tag-new-york-employers","tag-tipped-employees","tag-wage-rate"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gtm.com\/business\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7585","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gtm.com\/business\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gtm.com\/business\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gtm.com\/business\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gtm.com\/business\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7585"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/gtm.com\/business\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7585\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7594,"href":"https:\/\/gtm.com\/business\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7585\/revisions\/7594"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gtm.com\/business\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7585"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gtm.com\/business\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7585"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gtm.com\/business\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7585"},{"taxonomy":"post_folder","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gtm.com\/business\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/post_folder?post=7585"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}