Tipped Workers Get Raise

Adhering to the Minimum Wage law passed in November, Blunt has acknowledged that all of Missouri’s workers deserve a raise. Since the new minimum wage went into effect at the beginning of this year, workers who receive tips have had to keep their hourly wage at $2.13. After a group of law professors publicly announced that the Governor’s Department of Labor had incorrectly interpreted the law, Blunt changed his position.