DENVER (KDVR) — State lawmakers are considering an idea to lower the pay for thousands of restaurant workers in an effort to save establishments from closing.
The piece of legislation has been dubbed the “Restaurant Relief Act” because it aims to cut costs for restaurants across Denver, Edgewater and Boulder County.
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In those three areas, the minimum wage is higher than it is in the rest of the state. Those are the areas where about 21,000 bartenders and servers stand to see a decrease in their base wage.
“Currently when someone is a tipped employee we can pay them $3.02 below minimum wage,” said Chrissy Strowmatt, general manager of the Blue Bonnet restaurant in Denver…