Restaurants do this. They are required to pay minimum wage if the $2.15/hr + tips doesn't average out to be at least minimum wage. As a restaurant owner, you

Restaurants do this. They are required to pay minimum wage if the $2.15/hr + tips doesn't average out to be at least minimum wage. As a restaurant owner, you can add lots of hours at $2.15/hr before you have to pay anything extra out of pocket. That's how they are able to force waitstaff / bartenders to do setup / cleanup for $2.15/hr.