Cuomo panel to mull tip issue

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Rick Karlin

A panel representing unions, business and government will try to determine how much workers who rely on tips should be paid per hour.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo pushed through a minimum wage hike to $8 from $7.25 per hour at the start of the year, but pay for workers who get tips, such as waiters and waitresses, remains at $5.

At the time, Cuomo said he would address increases for tipped workers administratively through the Department of Labor. On Thursday, he convened a department wage board to examine the issue.

Labor Commissioner Peter Rivera will oversee the board, whose members are Heather Briccetti, president and CEO of the state Business Council; Peter Ward, president of the New York Hotel Trade Council; and Timothy Grippen, retired Broome County executive.

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