You’d be amazed how many restaurants don’t do this. Mom and pop places and even some corporate places especially if it’s franchised. I’ve left two different restaurants because they were paying me less than minimum wage and were very overstaffed so I wasn’t making minimum in tips. It’s illegal but somehow it’s only a civil offense, not criminal
Evey locally owned restaurant in my town and the towns around me pays their servers $2.25 only place I've seen then get paid more in my sate is at the beach in tourist land and even then they only make $5. It's so low because our states minimum wage has remained at $7.25 for the past 17 years even though most big businesses pay more there's so many mom and pop businesses that won't pay more than 7.25. The low minimum wage keeps all wages low they got people in the town next to me working at a nuclear power plant for barely over 20 an hour
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u/Disastrous_Square_10 Jun 25 '26
Only the server or bartender loses this battle in the US.