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That's only if the employee has earned more than $5.12 in tips. For what it's worth, I know many illegal aliens making $+20/hour in tips. Minimum wage here is n

• lazyasciiart 4y ago
  For what it's worth, I don't know anyone who has had the employer make up that $5.12 when they didn't get it in tips, and kept the job.
• LarryMullins 4y ago
  It becomes an issue for waitresses who consistently cannot get tips; the law says their employer has to make up the difference, but in practice such people don't last long in the business. If a waitress is consistently unable to get enough tips to clear minimum wage, there's probably a good reason for it and they're just not cut out for the job. Consider that single 20% tip on a $40 order once an hour is enough to clear the federal minimum wage. It doesn't take much, if you can't make that much in tips then either the restaurant is dead or you're consistently fucking up orders.
  • hervature 4y ago
    You're basically describing the system as it is intended to work. If a business cannot survive without paying someone minimum wage, we've decided as a society that it is not worthy of existence. On the other end, if the person sucks at the job and is costing the business money, I don't know why there is an expectation the person keeps the job. I certainly don't receive that benefit.
    • LarryMullins 4y ago
      > If a business cannot survive without paying someone minimum wage, we've decided as a society that it is not worthy of existence. An appeal to the decisions of society? I'm not sure that's the argument you're looking for; American society has decided that it works differently for waitresses.