An initiative that would require Massachusetts businesses to pay tipped workers full minimum wage can appear on the 2024 ballot, the state Supreme Judicial Court said in a Thursday opinion.
The provisions of the ballot measure “are closely related and share a well-defined common purpose related to ending the existing compensation system common to tipped industries,” the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court said in an opinion written by Justice Scott Kafker.
“We have no difficulty concluding that the initiative here satisfies the relatedness requirement,” the opinion said, referencing the state’s bar for sending a question to voters: initiatives must contain ...
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