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I heard recently that there is a separate, lower minimum wage for people with disabilities, which I was pretty shocked and disgusted to learn. I also heard tha
by GordonS 5y ago
I heard recently that there is a separate, lower minimum wage for people with disabilities, which I was pretty shocked and disgusted to learn.
I also heard that there is a separate minimum wage for tipped jobs - something in the region of a paltry $2.50/h, if I recall correctly?
- genocidicbunny 5y agoThe tipped jobs minimum wage is a bit odd in that its not the actual minimum wage, its more of the minimum amount a business can pay an employee that otherwise earns at least the traditional minimum wage via tips. So if you're not pulling in enough tips to meet the federal or state minimum wage, the business has to make up that shortfall.
- GordonS 5y agoThinking about it, this also disproves the common refrain by business owners of "we can't raise wages, or we'd have to raise prices, and people wouldn't pay them". Aside from the fact that prices wouldn't need to go up that much, as wages are only part of running costs, people are already paying more than the sticker price by paying in tips.