>(and the expectation is in law, as evidenced by the lower minimum wage) By that logic, tipping is not an expectation since the law says that if the tips do no

>(and the expectation is in law, as evidenced by the lower minimum wage) By that logic, tipping is not an expectation since the law says that if the tips do not equal enough to bring the worker's earning up to the minimum wage limit, then the employer has to pay them the actual minimum wage and not the tipping minimum wage. Many employers will not follow the law, but the solution to that is to punish the employers and empower and incentive the employees to seek out enforcement of the law.