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That industry shouldn’t exist the way it does either imho. It’s wrought with tax evasion itself. And minimum wage needs to be respected.
by thatoneuser 8y ago
That industry shouldn’t exist the way it does either imho. It’s wrought with tax evasion itself. And minimum wage needs to be respected.
- ryanwaggoner 8y agoI completely agree, but again, are we mad at restaurants for following the law when the servers are the ones breaking it?
- michaelmrose 8y agoThe servers in states which allow below minimum wage for tipped employees is keeping servers near starvation wages if not for state benefits and undeclared tips. The "market" rate is partially set based on those assumptions because employees wouldn't be able to live on what they are paid thus the labor force and thus the company would collapse without an increase in wages. In both cases its a transfer of wealth from the middle class to relatively rich owners. The extra cash helps for when business is slow and the server has to report they made the minimum wage to the employer anyway because the employer is responsible for ensuring that the server makes state minimum if the wage plus tips doesn't equal such. Basically the employer will just fire people who make the employer actually do this. It also helps cover the foregone wages when the employee is working through breaks and lunches even though the half hour lunch is deducted from the employees pay. In short employers sometimes pay as little as $2 an hour x 24 hours per week. Since nobody on earth can live on $200 a month some combination of tips from you, government benefits paid for by you, and second or third jobs makes survival possible. Most of us are not terribly concerned if the server is paying taxes properly and are concerned that the business is basically welfare for inefficient businesses who should probably go under.