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The 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
by genocidicbunny 5y ago
The 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.