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In most places it's legal for the restaurant to pay them less than the legal minimum hourly wage. By the time payroll taxes and other deductions are taken out of that minimum wage, their paychecks are often zero or close to it. Without tips, a server can't make a living.
You are misinformed. Wait staff never go home with less than federal minimum wage. Even if they get no tips or even no customers.
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Originally Posted by Bayarea4
How would you like it if your boss decided not to pay you that day for some trivial reason, like a report was late or you weren't attractive enough?
This is different. There are no laws around gratuity, but there are around compensation.
of course they don't. Our daughter was a server while in college and a cocktail waitress in Fl for several years out of college (money was better than a 9 to 5 job) and she did not declare all her tips by anymeans. This was the case with our granddaughter and our grandson in law as well while they were in college.
Nita
This is a big problem. These are examples of wait staff not paying their share of taxes.
TIPS Should ALWAYS be based upon the meal price with NO DISCOUNTS.....if it's a $30 check the tip is $6.00 MINIMUM. IF you have coupons that bring the check down to $2.00 the tip is $6.00 MINIMUM
and if youre eatin on a comp as in a Vegas Casino, the tip is 100% of what you WOULD HAVE PAID.....
You're calculating 20% for your minimum. That's certainly not the minimum. That's more like the low end of average. I agree with you in regards to coupons/discounts.
They changed the tax laws back in the 80s, thats when everyone had to start reporting tips.....dont know your particular situation, so I cant comment on what management may or may not have been doing.
Bull!
I've had to work with tropical storm warnings up, no one showed up, and we sure as hell were not compensated beyond our usual 2.30 an hour.
It's not bull. You're ignorant about labor laws. Your management is screwing you out of your tip credit. Take it up with your management and labor department.
Currently, employers in Florida are responsible for a tip credit of $3.02 to cover the difference between general minimum wage and tipped employee minimum wage.
As far as the business having to make up the diff to have it equal out to minimum wage, i mentioned that to my boss once. he said "Do a better job then"
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