Baltimore City Council
File #: 24-0556    Version: 0 Name: Fair Wages for Tipped Employees
Type: Ordinance Status: In Committee
File created: 6/24/2024 In control: Ways and Means
On agenda: Final action:
Enactment #:
Title: Fair Wages for Tipped Employees For the purpose of limiting and phasing out the amount of tip credit an employer may deduct from the hourly wage of a certain employee; requiring certain disclosures before an employer may charge a consumer a service fee; requiring an employer to submit a certain quarterly report to the Director of Finance; defining certain terms; and generally relating to fair wages for tipped employees.
Sponsors: John T. Bullock, Ryan Dorsey, Kristerfer Burnett, Odette Ramos, Phylicia Porter
Indexes: Fair Wages
Attachments: 1. 24-0556~1st Reader, 2. Testimony
Explanation: Capitals indicate matter added to existing law.
[Brackets] indicate matter deleted from existing law.

* Warning: This is an unofficial, introductory copy of the bill.
The official copy considered by the City Council is the first reader copy.
Introductory*

City of Baltimore
Council Bill

Introduced by: Councilmember Bullock


A Bill Entitled

An Ordinance concerning
title
Fair Wages for Tipped Employees
For the purpose of limiting and phasing out the amount of tip credit an employer may deduct from the hourly wage of a certain employee; requiring certain disclosures before an employer may charge a consumer a service fee; requiring an employer to submit a certain quarterly report to the Director of Finance; defining certain terms; and generally relating to fair wages for tipped employees.
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By repealing and re-ordaining, without amendments,
Article 11 - Labor and Employment
Section 3-1
Baltimore City Code
(Edition 2000)

By repealing and re-ordaining, with amendments,
Article 11 - Labor and Employment
Section 3-2
Baltimore City Code
(Edition 2000)

By renumbering
Article 11 - Labor and Employment
Sections 3-3 through 3-8, respectively,
To be
Sections 3-4 through 3-9, respectively
Baltimore Code
(Edition 2000)

By adding
Article 11 - Labor and Employment
New section 3-3
Baltimore City Code
(Edition 2000)


Section 1. Be it ordained by the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore, That
Sections 3-3 through 3-8, respectively of Article 11 - Labor and Employment of the Baltimore City Code be renumbered to be Sections 3-4 through 3-9, respectively.

Section 2. And be it further ordained, That the Laws of Baltimore City read as f...

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