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[–] sunbytes@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Tipped jobs have a lower minimum wage than untipped jobs.

If you give the option for customers to tip...

Then it's easier to underpay them (further)

[–] Meltbox@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

It’s baffling to me that this exception exists. There’s zero justifiable reason for it imo.

Especially since I think it hasn’t been increased in ages. So it’s essentially an unpaid tip only job (yeah yeah I know they cover it if tips don’t make up to minimum)

Especially since I think it hasn’t been increased in ages.

That would completely depend on your juridiction. Minimum wage where I live is $13.85, minimum wage tipped is $10.85.
https://www.dol.gov/agencies/whd/state/minimum-wage/tipped

If you're at a sit down restaurant and sit there for an hour and are the ONLY table that person has for that hour, they make minimum wage with a $3 tip. And yet, even then I hear the nonsense about not making enough on tips from time to time. It's greed at that point.