• rodneylives@lemmy.world
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    1 day ago

    Yes, but in the US servers get paid much less than minimum wage with the presumption that tips will make up the difference.

    Businesses are supposed to make up any difference between what servers fail to earn as tips up to minimum wage, but:

    • It gives businesses an opportunity to fail to do this,
    • It means that minimum wage is what some servers effectively get, and
    • It effectively means the amount of tips servers get per hour is lessened by the difference between their hourly pay and the minimum wage rate; it’s a way for businesses to reach into server tips and get some of it for themselves.