Maine restored the tip credit to its minimum wage law.
Gov. Paul LePage (R) signed LD673 June 26, keeping the state’s tipped wage at $5 and restoring the tip credit.
The credit allows employers to pay tipped employees a lower hourly wage, as long as the workers’ tips make up the difference between their subminimum wage rate and the mandated minimum wage.
According to a ballot initiative passed last year, the tip credit was set to be eliminated by 2024 as part of raising the state’s minimum wage from $7.50 per hour to $9 per hour at the start of ...
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