There is a local restaurant in my area and I have heard that the owner refuses to pay an hourly minimum wage to its employees and asks that they work for tips instead.
Please advise. Thanks.
2007-02-18 04:10:50 · 8 answers · asked by end2ignorance 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
that is illigal
2007-02-18 04:13:07 · answer #1 · answered by Rusty 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
No it is not. I haven't been involved for almost two years now but they were required to pay waiters and waitresses 2.01 and hour and if the server didn't make at least minimum wage in tips they were required to bring it up to minimum wage.
2007-02-18 04:16:53 · answer #2 · answered by pretender59321 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
i can tell you that in Ky, where i am, the employer is required to pay a hourly wage IN ADDITION to tips, and if the tips plus their hourly wage doesn't equal what they would get with minimum wage, the employer is supposed to pay that. so most wait people i know make like $2.50 an hour.
call your labor board, and they can tell you. and if it isn't legal, they'll want to know who it is cause that employer is in trouble.
2007-02-18 04:18:49 · answer #3 · answered by political junkie 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This is illegal. Waiters and waitresses have a lower minimum wage but they do have a minimum wage that is a federal mandate.
2007-02-18 04:14:54 · answer #4 · answered by RCT 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Yes it is, every waitress/waiter must recieve a wage plus tips.
2007-02-18 04:14:00 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I would say yes there are some people who know how to play the system and do it everyday ,if you call the state employment office they can check in on it .
2007-02-18 04:26:39 · answer #6 · answered by dan m 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Sorry that is totally criminal... possibly no longer honest, yet criminal. Your pay is $4.29 + assistance as long as you earn minimum salary of $7.25. in case you do no longer earn adequate assistance to conceal the minimum salary, then your corporation will make up the version.
2016-11-23 16:44:13 · answer #7 · answered by stuesse 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm not an attorney, but I suspect it is not legal.
Here is a website about Florida law that should point you in the correct direction:
http://www.megalaw.com/fl/fl.php
2007-02-18 04:16:24 · answer #8 · answered by parrotjohn2001 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋