In other words, if you tip someone under federal law, and that person works 40 hours per week, after 1 week, 40*5 = $200 were stolen from your tips by the employer from employee. As if the person earned $0 in tips, the $200 would have to be covered by the employer.
And in reality, the number of restaraunts which track tips and actually make up the $7.25 difference is functionally zero.
The management is explicitly operating under the assumption that they’ll weasel out of it anyhow with the expectation that you’ll pay it yourself on top of their already profitable menu price.
$2.13 is true and wrong.
The minimum wage plus tips is $7.25.
In other words, if you tip someone under federal law, and that person works 40 hours per week, after 1 week, 40*5 = $200 were stolen from your tips by the employer from employee. As if the person earned $0 in tips, the $200 would have to be covered by the employer.
And in reality, the number of restaraunts which track tips and actually make up the $7.25 difference is functionally zero.
The management is explicitly operating under the assumption that they’ll weasel out of it anyhow with the expectation that you’ll pay it yourself on top of their already profitable menu price.
My point wasn’t that wait staff is paid better than 2.15. my point is, they are getting robbed.
Ah, yes. I made a slight edit; we’re largely making the same point.