Chicago Minimum Wage to Rise to $13 by 2019 While politicians in Springfield continue fighting over Illinois’ new minimum wage requirements, the Chicago’s City Council recently approved Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s plan to raise Chicago’s minimum wage to $13.00 per hour by…
New IRS Ruling on Automatic Gratuities Will Impact Restaurants and Their Employees Effective January 1, 2014, the IRS began classifying automatic gratuities commonly added to bills of large parties in a restaurant as service charges instead of “tips.” According the IRS Revenue Ruling 212-18,…