What Chicago’s tip credit fight means for restaurants

Name: What Chicago’s tip credit fight means for restaurants
Uploaded: 2026-04-07T22:25:37Z
Duration: 9 min 37 s
Description: Rebekah Paxton of the Employment Policies Institute discusses the push to freeze Chicago’s phaseout of the tipped wage credit. Supporters of the pause say the change could raise costs for restaurants, slow hiring and hurt workers, while city leaders weigh whether Chicago could face some of the same challenges seen in Washington, D.C.

FOX LOCAL Chicago · Apr 7, 2026 · 9m 37s

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Rebekah Paxton of the Employment Policies Institute discusses the push to freeze Chicago’s phaseout of the tipped wage credit. Supporters of the pause say the change could raise costs for restaurants, slow hiring and hurt workers, while city leaders weigh whether Chicago could face some of the same challenges seen in Washington, D.C.