Tipped Over the Edge: Gender Inequity in the Restaurant Industry

The restaurant industry is one of the largest and fastest-growing sectors of the US economy, but offers some of the nation’s lowest-wage jobs—especially for women. Two-thirds of tipped workers in the restaurant industry are women, and the federal cash minimum wage for tipped employees is just $2.13 an hour.  In addition to poverty-level wages, women in the industry lack access to sick days and other benefits and face widespread sexual harassment.  

To learn more, download the full report or executive summary authored by Restaurant Opportunities Center United, and other advocacy organizations including the National Women’s Law Center, Family Values @ Work, HERvotes Coalition, Institute for Women's Policy Research, MomsRising, National Coalition of Black Civic Participation's Black Women's Roundtable, National Council for Research on Women, National Organization for Women Foundation, National Partnership for Women & Families, Wider Opportunities for Women, Women of Color Policy Network, NYU Wagner, and 9to5, National Association of Working Women.

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Tipped Over the Edge Summary