From The Tribune staff reports
TRUSSVILLE Half Shell Oyster House announced a newly implemented minimum wage for non-tipped employees. Starting Thursday, April 15, 2021, the restaurant chain will pay a minimum of $12 per hour to employees who are performing non-tipped duties such as expediting and opening duties,
“We believe we have a custodial responsibility to those who work for us,” said Vice President of Operations & Human Resources Kevin Fish. “The food on the table that our employees’ children eat is our responsibility and quite frankly they just can’t afford it at $7.25 an hour.”
Half Shell Oyster House raised the minimum wage to $11 an hour in 2020.
Half Shell Oyster House raises minimum wage for non-tipped employees
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TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (WBRC) - Half Shell Oyster House increased minimum wage to $12 an hour for all non-tipped employees beginning Thursday, April 15.
The $12 minimum wage applies to tipped employees when they are performing non-tipped duties such as expediting and opening duties.
“We believe we have a custodial responsibility to those who work for us. The food on the table that our employees’ children eat is our responsibility and quite frankly they just can’t afford it at $7.25 an hour. A year ago, we raised our minimum wage to $11.00 an hour and we feel by raising it again this year that we are better paralleling the needs of our staff,” says Vice President of Operations & Human Resources Kevin Fish.
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Coast restaurant group offering sign-on bonus, $12 an hour for new employees By WLOX Staff | April 15, 2021 at 1:36 PM CDT - Updated April 15 at 5:12 PM
BILOXI, Miss. (WLOX) - Businesses in the food industry are struggling to find employees, which is spurring conversation about the minimum wage. For one regional chain, those conversations have turned into action.
Half Shell Oyster House, which has several locations in Mississippi, Alabama and Louisiana, has raised its starting wage for the second time in a year.
It’s a decision that was made to help the people who keep the restaurant going, said the company’s Vice President of Operations and Human Resources.