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by Pyxl101 3410 days ago
> In USA, even minimum salary for servers is lover then minimum salary for other workers - the law expects the tips.

Not true. The federal minimum wage for servers and other tipped employees is the same as other employees: it's just the minimum wage.

https://www.dol.gov/whd/regs/compliance/whdfs15.htm
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watwut 3410 days ago
"Where an employee does not receive sufficient tips to make up the difference between the direct (or cash) wage payment (which must be at least $2.13 per hour) and the minimum wage, the employer must make up the difference."

Interesting, they did not told us that part when I worked in USA in summer. Cooks got 6.5$ and that was minimum wage in there. Servers got 1.5$ and had to report all tips to be taxed. Then again, servers earned more overall, so minimum wage was not really an issue for them.

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sokoloff 3410 days ago
Literally the third sentence in your link provides support for GP's position:

"The employer is prohibited from using an employee’s tips for any reason other than as a credit against its minimum wage obligation to the employee (“tip credit”)"

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Pyxl101 3406 days ago
You are mistaken. Please read the rest of the article, and the comment that is a peer to yours.

"Where an employee does not receive sufficient tips to make up the difference between the direct (or cash) wage payment (which must be at least $2.13 per hour) and the minimum wage, the employer must make up the difference."

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