As dining opens back up, local spots such as Pierogi Mountain, White Castle and Yellow Brick Pizza have increased wages for employees, but the idea remains controversial
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Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said that her agency lacks sufficient resources to oversee an economic recovery that still has “a long road ahead” and called on Congress to provide her with more funds.Credit.Erin Scott for The New York Times
Treasury Secretary Janet L. Yellen warned on Thursday that her agency lacked sufficient resources to oversee an economic recovery that still has “a long road ahead” and called on Congress to provide her with more funds to oversee a sprawling set of relief programs.
In testimony before a House appropriations subcommittee, Ms. Yellen expressed confidence that the end of the pandemic recession was in sight, but said that the Treasury Department is facing an overwhelming task in disbursing hundreds of billions of dollars of relief money with the same budget that it had a decade ago. The Treasury Department has been central to the federal government’s response to the health crisis, funneling stimulus payments and aid to mi
Skip to main content The model s failed : Tipping at Zuni Cafe is changing forever, and some workers aren t happy
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When Chef Nate Norris started as a cook, he was highly aware of the pay inequality that plagued restaurants. He had never worked in a restaurant where he had access to customer tips and knew that co-workers who worked in the front of the house positions, such as servers or bartenders, would make two to three times more than he and his fellow cooks did.
This behavior was (and is) typical of the restaurant industry as a whole. But as Norris moved up in his career and became the chef at San Francisco’s famed Zuni Cafe, he’s now pushing to implement a huge change: mainly moving to a tip-free model that is meant to ensure all employees are paid equitably.