> I thought employers had to gross up employee pay if their hourly + tips didn't hit the non-tipped minimum wage? Employers are required to do that. However,

> I thought employers had to gross up employee pay if their hourly + tips didn't hit the non-tipped minimum wage? Employers are required to do that. However, as is most often the case at the low end of the job ladder, enforcing your employment rights against your employer is a very efficient way to find yourself unemployed and--in smaller communities where "people are gonna talk"--blackballed from ever holding a job again.