Durant: NFIB/NY solicited comments from members and opposed the increase.
The
Commissioner of Labor, at the recommendation of a wage board, appointed by
Governor Andrew Cuomo this week approved a 50% increase in the tipped worker
wage effective December 31, 2015. NFIB/NY solicited comments from members and
opposed the increase, arguing that the mandates cost increases in labor will
have negative consequences on small business.
In response
to the announcement, NFIB/NY State Director Mike Durant, said, “With today’s
final approval by the State Department of Labor and at the urging of Governor
Cuomo, small employers in the vitally important hospitality industry will see
increases in labor costs. This move runs
counter to the alleged focus on small business and the barriers they face in
New York.”
Durant
continued, “Once again this administration strengthens their relationship with
labor at the expense of small employers. Make no mistake, the minimal small
business tax cut proposed by the Governor will not offset the fifty percent
increase in the tipped wage and the proposed minimum wage hike in his fiscal
plan. Simply put, the Governor’s small business agenda is heavy on rhetoric
while weak on substance.”
Question: How will this increase impact your small business?
