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Tennessee lawmaker wants tipped employees to receive basic minimum wage on top of tips

The bill wants to ensure employees who receive tips are paid at least $7.25 an hour in addition to any tips they receive.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — A state senator from Memphis wants to change Tennessee's wage laws to give any employee that receives tips basic minimum wage as the standard.

Sen. Raumesh Akbari (D-Memphis) introduced SB1851 on Friday. The bill would change salary and benefit laws in Tennessee to pay any employee who receives tips at least $7.25 an hour in addition to any tips they receive.

Currently, the base minimum wage for tipped employees in Tennessee is $2.13 an hour plus average tips that must equal at least $7.25. Workers that receive less than $30 a month regularly in tips are not considered tipped workers. 

The bill is one of a few others introduced this session proposing changes to Tennessee wage laws.

RELATED: Tennessee bill seeks to raise minimum wage to $15 per hour 

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