A bill under consideration in the Connecticut General Assembly would eliminate the lower minimum wage assigned to hourly employees who earn tips, like servers and bartenders, and would establish instead a single minimum wage that would apply to all workers.
The legislature’s Labor and Public Employees Committee approved a similar bill, S.B. 1177, during the 2023 legislative session, but it didn’t come up for a vote in either chamber.
Here’s what to know about the proposal, known as “One Fair Wage,” which legislators have raised again this year.