[eurleif]

The comment I replied to said there should be a law. I pointed out that there already is. If we're talking about whether the law is sometimes violated, that's a whole different discussion.

Also, I don't see any reason why violating the law in that way should be any more common than violating it by paying non-tipped workers less than minimum wage. Either one would require the same degree, and same kind, of fraud. So tipped workers should be no worse off in practice than non-tipped workers.

[LightHugger]

What the person you replied to suggested and what you say exist are different things in reality. Tips plus the rest covered by the employer simply does not mean minimum wage. So no, there is not a law, you have no motivation for pretending there is, so why are you?