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The Seattle Restaurant Alliance (SRA) and Washington Hospitality Association have partnered to provide you with a minimum wage ordinance guide to make compliance with the law easier.

Minimum Wages Guide

There are several ways Seattle restaurants can invest in our industry’s current and future workforce.

Education Opportunities

On Sept. 19, 2016, the Seattle City Council passed the Secure Scheduling Ordinance, 9-0. It took effect July 1, 2017.

Secure Scheduling Ordinance

Seattle’s sweetened beverage tax goes into effect on Jan. 1, 2018, and the Seattle Restaurant Alliance has prepared a fact sheet with information and resources to help you understand your responsibilities regarding this new tax.

Sweetened Beverage Tax

Seattle’s Commuter Benefits Ordinance took effect January 1. Businesses with 20 or more employees must either allow a covered employee to make a monthly pre-tax payroll deduction for transit or vanpool expenses or subsidize all or part of a monthly transit pass. 

Commuter Benefit Ordinance

10 Things You Need to Know about Straws, Plastic Utensils, Food Packaging and Composting in Seattle

Plastic Straw and Utensil Ban