[bpodgursky]

I'm only going to waste my time on one of these.

> 0, Defendants violated the provisions of Sections 206 and 215(a)(2) by including kitchen staff employees in the tip pool when they are not customarily or regularly tipped employees, thereby invalidating the tip credit.

It was an invalid tip pool, because it included kitchen staff in the pool. So then the feds threw out the tip credit when calculating the effective minimum wage. In fact, there's no evidence at all that the employees actually took home less than $7.25. It's a technical violation, sure, but not evidence to your point at all.

This should have been obvious if you read your own link — do you honestly believe the waitstaff was working for $3/$4 an hour? Come on.

[eesmith]

It's now quite clear even to me that my understanding of this topic is well and thoroughly shattered.

Thank you for putting up with me.