The headline seems incorrect, though. In Los Angeles, the minimum wage is $16.04 across the board, because California doesn't allow employers to deduct tips from base wages (aka "tip credit", the loophole that allows subminimum wage for tipped workers in most places).
Also, New York is larger than Chicago, and the minimum wage for tipped service employees is $12.50 ($10 for tipped food service workers) in the hospitality industry, and $15 for any tipped service workers not employed in hospitality. That's technically "subminimum" because it's less than the minimum wage in New York City, but in most places the tipped minimum wage is closer to $2 (ie, basically all earnings are due to tips), which is a very different situation from being guaranteed $10-$12.50/hour.
The fourth paragraph in the article explains LA already does it and lists every state. The first paragraph and the original title users the word "independently" to emphasize it was Chicago's choice and not a statewide mandate like LA.
Really, this should be fixed as a misleading change-of-title when posting to HN. Who can summon dang?
California is the worst state for tipping as of today. [1]
Once it’s fully phased in I’ll change my tipping percentage to 10% from the typical 20%. I expect most people will rationalize this since menu prices will rise.
The headline seems incorrect, though. In Los Angeles, the minimum wage is $16.04 across the board, because California doesn't allow employers to deduct tips from base wages (aka "tip credit", the loophole that allows subminimum wage for tipped workers in most places).
Also, New York is larger than Chicago, and the minimum wage for tipped service employees is $12.50 ($10 for tipped food service workers) in the hospitality industry, and $15 for any tipped service workers not employed in hospitality. That's technically "subminimum" because it's less than the minimum wage in New York City, but in most places the tipped minimum wage is closer to $2 (ie, basically all earnings are due to tips), which is a very different situation from being guaranteed $10-$12.50/hour.