Ah, Californian checking in here. In both CA and NV (states I'm familiar with), tipped employees always get the full minimum wage on their check (none of that '

Ah, Californian checking in here. In both CA and NV (states I'm familiar with), tipped employees always get the full minimum wage on their check (none of that 'credit' nonsense). You're still expected to tip.. but you're not going to ruin someone's day tipping $2 at dennys when you're by yourself. Or the usual 15% (which at Dennys is probably $2 anyway lol). (I'm sure people will disagree, but YMMV) As for price increases: Yea, whenever the minimum wage goes up, some places will use it as an excuse to raise their prices. The actual price does not necessarily correlate with the amount the businesses are trying to raise their prices lol. It's kinda funny to watch that because some franchise owners like McDonalds and Subway have raised their prices so much that their prices are higher than a restaurant or a higher end place like Carls Jr or Five Guys lol.