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In reply to the discussion: Waitressing wages. Are these bar and restaurant businesses getting away with slave labor? [View all]JaneyVee
(19,877 posts)1. I believe if you work in waitering they can pay you $2.25/hr b/c of tips.
But the law states the employer must make up the difference if it their pay falls below minimum wage. If they don't they're breaking the law.
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Waitressing wages. Are these bar and restaurant businesses getting away with slave labor? [View all]
Baitball Blogger
Nov 2012
OP
I had a colleague who accidentally tipped a driver $50 while travelling abroad
SoCalDem
Nov 2012
#24
Western European countries just have higher standards of living (mostly, altho Sicily was a
CTyankee
Nov 2012
#44
Agreed, but I account for that. I've rarely encountered bad waitstaff, HOWEVER,...
HopeHoops
Nov 2012
#13
The IRS would need to be the size of the old Red Army to check everyone who did this.
RagAss
Nov 2012
#39
ah, back in the day as bartender and waitress. $6.80 an hour and tips in reno. gamblin'
seabeyond
Nov 2012
#22
Having worked as a bookkeeper in restaurants, it's not practical for restaurants to pay a high
Cleita
Nov 2012
#50
many things would cost more if wages haven't been artificially suppressed
NuttyFluffers
Nov 2012
#51
Instead the establishment pushes the bankruptcy to the laborer on slow days
Care Acutely
Nov 2012
#58
No. Slaves have to be cared for lest their owners lose their investment. n/t
Egalitarian Thug
Nov 2012
#57