Yes, and I'm curious to learn more about how well employers comply with it by making up the difference, my gut says they probably don't comply very well. In ju

Yes, and I'm curious to learn more about how well employers comply with it by making up the difference, my gut says they probably don't comply very well. In just a quick look, I found this: > 5. Wage theft is particularly acute in food and drink service, and restaurants across the country have been found to be in violation of wage and hour laws. It is true that the law requires restaurants to ensure that tipped workers receive at least the regular minimum wage when their tips are included, but the reality is that huge numbers of restaurants—helped by too-weak enforcement efforts—ignore these requirements. In investigations of over 9,000 restaurants, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) found that 84 percent of investigated restaurants were in violation of wage and hour laws, including nearly 1,200 violations of the requirement to bring tipped workers’ wages up to the minimum wage. Among the restaurants that were investigated, tipped workers were cheated out of nearly $5.5 million. Workers in the food and drink service industries are more likely to suffer minimum wage violations than workers in other industries. [0] EDIT: Apparently the DOL study was focused on 2010-12, so not sure what the newest compliance looks like [1]. [0]: https://www.epi.org/blog/seven-facts-about-tipped-workers-and-the-tipped-minimum-wage/ https://www.epi.org/blog/seven-facts-about-tipped-workers-an... [1]: https://files.epi.org/2014/EPI-CWED-BP379.pdf https://files.epi.org/2014/EPI-CWED-BP379.pdf