[dTal]

> if staff receives no tips: the restaurant is required to pay them minimum wage

> Tl;dr - restaurant workers make over minimum wage only if tipped

Your tl;dr doesn't match. According to you workers make minimum wage irrespective of whether you tip (unless the owner breaks the law), and all your tips do is directly offset owner costs.

[iudqnolq]

Yeah, but the restaurant industry is well known for breaking the law when it's easy. This makes it much easier. See for example https://consumerist.com/2013/04/05/waiters-sue-employer-for-...

[ethbr0]

"over"