Massachusetts voters have decisively rejected a measure to abolish the tipped wage, declining to require that restaurants and related employers replace the current pay scheme—which allows them to compensate employees with a lower base wage supplemented with gratuities—with the state-mandated hourly minimum. Had the measure passed, the law would have gradually upped hourly pay for tipped employees until it ultimately reached $15 an hour, Massachusetts’ current minimum wage, in January 2029. The state’s tipped wage is $6.75 an hour—although employees often make considerably more than minimum wag…