I've worked as an hourly employee at a bar before. This isn't in the US. I was paid minimum wage, before tips as it's not legal to "make up the difference" wher

I've worked as an hourly employee at a bar before. This isn't in the US. I was paid minimum wage, before tips as it's not legal to "make up the difference" where I live. If a customer gives a tip, the employee goes home with the tip additional to minimum wage. If an employer decides that I got $50 tips and minimum wage was $40, they don't get to keep my wages, they have to give me $40 and the customer tips bump my days earnings to $90. I find it bizarre and more than a little sad to see a first world country thinking it's OK to skim wages just because customers tipped.