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> There is a frame that wages are decided by the government. There is a lot of evidence that this isn't how wages work There are literally exceptions built int
by justin66 4y ago
> There is a frame that wages are decided by the government. There is a lot of evidence that this isn't how wages work
There are literally exceptions built into minimum wage law for tipped workers like restaurant workers.
- bitcurious 4y ago>There are literally exceptions built into minimum wage law for tipped workers like restaurant workers. From when I was a waiter and had a weirdly slow week - it's not so much an exception as a change to how 'wage' is defined. Your total hourly income needs to be the minimum wage. If your tips+floor_wage>= minimum_wage, exception is in effect. If your tips+floor_wage< minimum_wage, floor_wage is increased until they are equal.
- jimkleiber 4y agoI've often wondered, yes, that's the law, but do most restaurants actually do that?
- rjbwork 4y agoThey must by law, but what will likely happen is that if you complain, they'll do it the once and then fire you, since by their metrics you are performing poorly by not getting enough tips to even cover minimum wage.