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[–] 3 points 8 hours ago (1 child)

That's not quite how that works. The 2.13 is guaranteed. Employers are also required to bring that up to 7.25, if there aren't enough tips.

But, yeah, the first 5.10 in tips each hour really just goes to reducing the employers burden, not increasing the servers take-home.

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  • [–] 3 points 6 hours ago (1 child)

    Required to, but usually don't. Wage theft is the most common form of theft and that's before taking into account most of it goes unreported.

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  • [–] 3 points 6 hours ago

    Oh absolutely, even if they don't do outright wage theft, they can often find a reason (or not in right-to-work states) to dismiss any employee that won't claim sufficient tips (whether customers left those tips or not).

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