Minimum wage; tipped employees.

Minimum wage; tipped employees. Requiresemployers to pay a tipped employee at a rate not less than the minimumwage set forth in the Virginia Minimum Wage Act for time that thetipped employee regularly performs services in the course of hisemployment for which there is no reasonable expectation that theemployee will receive tips. The measure eliminates the ability ofan employer to apply the tip credit for untipped portions of thework performed by an employee who regularly receives more than $30a month in tips. Under current federal law, the minimum cash wagefor tipped employees is $2.13 and the maximum tip credit that anemployer can currently claim is $5.12 per hour based on a minimumwage of $7.25 per hour.