Proposed Colorado law would cut base wages for Denver’s tipped employees

By Hannah Metzger | Westword

In the last ten years, the minimum wage for tipped workers in Denver has more than tripled and the resulting increase in labor cost has played a major factor in the closure of many local restaurants. Now, state lawmakers are considering a bill that would roll back those increases.

If made law, House Bill 1208 would change regulations around tipped wages in municipalities with a higher minimum wage than the rest of the state, including Denver. This would effectively make the hourly minimum wage for tipped workers the same statewide, at least temporarily.

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