nytimes September 20, 2021 6:00pm Restaurants Increase Wages and Offer Signing Bonuses #restaurants #quarantinelifeandculture #wagesandsalaries #laborandjobs #minimumwage #tipsandtipping #waitersandwaitresses #worklifebalance #dirtcandymanhattannyrestaurant #unitedstates #news How to Make an Unloved Job More Attractive? Restaurants Tinker With Wages. As they struggle to recruit workers, many owners are raising pay. But some are trying to go deeper, to make their business fairer and more humane.