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I couldn't find where any law enshrined businesses appropriating tips. I googled server wage and just found https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tipped_wage https://en
by brlewis 8y ago
I couldn't find where any law enshrined businesses appropriating tips. I googled server wage and just found https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tipped_wage https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tipped_wage
If there's something enshrined in law beyond a lower minimum wage for tipped workers I'm interested to know.
- tfehring 8y agoSay I'm a tipped worker making $3/hour in an area with a minimum wage of $10/hour. I work for an hour and don't receive any tips. My employer has to pay me $10 to comply with minimum wage laws. I work for another hour and receive $5 in tips. My employer now has to pay me $5 so that my total pay for the hour is $10. I make the same amount in wages + tips that I did in the first hour, but my employer saves $5.
- jdeibele 8y agoYes, but if that goes on you get fired. The restaurant probably isn't expecting to pay you anything more than the $3/hour. There's lots of jobs, like commissioned sales, where the employer has to pay minimum wage. They get rid of salespeople who may do a great job of relating to the customer and explaining the benefits but can't close the sale. Out the door for somebody who is pushy, etc.
- loeg 8y agoYes, that's precisely what I'm talking about. > a lower minimum wage for tipped workers Money is fungible; reducing paid wage by the amount tipped (to a limit) is the same as just paying minimum wage and taking that portion of the tip from the worker.