There are laws in place for service workers related to minimum wage. The employers have to make up the difference if tips don’t meet the rate for hours worked. It seems to me that’s not sufficient for the times.

Hypothetically, if everyone were to stop tipping in the U.S. would things be better or worse for workers? Would employers start paying workers more?

  • @InformalTrifleEnglish
    19•4 months ago

    The employer by law has to pay the regular minimum wage if the tips don’t make up the difference.

      • squiblet
        8•4 months ago

        It’s the law but due to how working for wage thieving losers works, it doesn’t happen in practice.

        • @[email protected]
          1•4 months ago

          Yeah I assumed as much. Thankfully my state doesn’t have a lower tipped minimum so this is not a concern for me. But I still tip because servers are still underpaid and I want them to be compensated fairly. Also the public is a pain in the ass so they deserve it for dealing with certain people.

          • squiblet
            1•4 months ago

            I generally want people to be happy and I tip decently. As far as making under minimum, it’s set so low federally that someone would have to have no tables or be really bad to not make at least $8 an hour. I suppose it would be more likely in cities that have their own higher minimum like Denver ($18).

      • @InformalTrifleEnglish
        2•4 months ago

        I doubt it because the “culture” is that you’re a horrible person if you don’t tip stupid amounts so people are shamed into it.

    • guyrocket
      2•4 months ago

      Can you give a cite for this? I don’t think this happens everywhere.