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> Minimum wage jobs are literally the lowest paying jobs a person could possibly find. That is incorrect. There are whole categories of jobs that are exempt fr
by notacoward 5y ago
> Minimum wage jobs are literally the lowest paying jobs a person could possibly find.
That is incorrect. There are whole categories of jobs that are exempt from minimum wage, and that doesn't even count gig work.
- gruez 5y ago>There are whole categories of jobs that are exempt from minimum wage I'm presuming you're talking about tipped jobs? It seems reasonable to presume that they earn close to minimum wage when factoring in tips, otherwise people would switch to non-exempt jobs.
- smileysteve 5y ago> otherwise people would switch to non-exempt jobs. But we're seeing this in the US, between covid restaurant layoffs and closures; Tipped dining service is struggling to recruit.
- Amezarak 5y agoTipped employees are required to be paid minimum wage if their tips don’t equal 7.25/hr. Their employer is federally mandated to make up the difference. Having said that, most tipped employees are doing much, much better…which is why they aren’t clamoring to go wash dishes in the back.
- notacoward 5y agoThere are far more exemptions than that. https://www.minimum-wage.org/articles/minimum-wage-exemptions https://www.minimum-wage.org/articles/minimum-wage-exemption...
- disgruntledphd2 5y agoTrucking is a big one.