Joe’s Crab Shack is now the first major restaurant chain to start paying workers a living wage.

The seafood chain will experiment with dropping tipped-wages in 18 of it stores, the head of its parent company said.

"Servers, hosts, bartenders are paid now higher, fixed, hourly wages," Ignite CEO Ray Blanchette said, according to CNBC. "It's expected to result in an improved team atmosphere, a significant reduction in turnover and greater financial security for the employees."