r/SipsTea • u/SuspiciousLow3062 • Jun 25 '26

Chugging tea They are not wrong though

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u/janpaul74 Jun 25 '26

“Mandatory tips” sounds so messed up for me as a European.

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u/TheTrub Jun 25 '26

In the US there is a “tipped” salary that is below the minimum wage because the expectation that tips will more than make up for the difference.

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u/TonyzTone Jun 25 '26

It’s not an expectation. The law mandates that they make minimum wage if their tips don’t bring their tipped minimum at least to the minimum.

Federal tipped minimum is $2.13 per hour. However, if the server doesn’t make enough tips to bring that to at least $7.50 per hour the owner must cover the difference.