• CryptidBestiary@lemmy.world
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    10 months ago

    If I’m not being waited on, don’t look at me to provide you the rest of your wage. Look to your employer.

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      10 months ago

      No matter what, it’s always the employer who should pay the whole wages even when you’re being waited on

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        10 months ago

        It shouldn’t be, but it’s US law.

        https://www.dol.gov/general/topic/wages/wagestips

        An employer of a tipped employee is only required to pay $2.13 per hour in direct wages if that amount combined with the tips received at least equals the federal minimum wage.

        Fuck this law, and fuck employers that try to skirt around it when tips are too low. Also fuck employers in general who aren’t willing to pay their employees a living wage.

        I tip for waiting jobs because I know people work for shitty employers and it’s their primary income source. But I hate the system, not the people who need tips to get by.

        • noisypine@infosec.pub
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          10 months ago

          Commission is wrapped up in the sale price, not a separate payment to the employee that I decided upon. The company takes payment and then they pay the employee. This also makes sure the employee is not getting stiffed.

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        10 months ago

        The employee didn’t put it there, but they sure do whip that thing around to let you use it fast enough though.

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        10 months ago

        Yeah, the Mediterranean market near me just got a new credit card reader and the pre loaded software came with the tip screen on it.

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          10 months ago

          Yeah they can turn that off but choose not to. Just saying. Company making the software hopes you’ll leave it on and the business owners hope you’ll pay their employees for them.