Waiters and tipped employees are not exempt from minimum wage. They must be paid a wage greater than or equal to minimum wage for every hour they work. Tips can

Waiters and tipped employees are not exempt from minimum wage. They must be paid a wage greater than or equal to minimum wage for every hour they work. Tips can take that wage above minimum, but an absence of tips cannot drop their wage below. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tipped_wage_in_the_United_States https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tipped_wage_in_the_United_St...