2007-04-25 07:51:06 · 16 answers · asked by ang728_05 1 in Business & Finance ➔ Careers & Employment
I am a waitress, I am okay with my wage per hour,because I make tips....But my boss won't hire an "American".He keeps Mexicans as dishwashers and pays only 330 p week for 60hrs. of work.This seems soooo unfair
2007-04-28 05:25:32 · update #1
Sure - contact your local Better Business Bureau and your States employment office. They will advise you further.
2007-04-25 07:53:54 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you are a tipped employee, you remployer can legally pay below minimum wage, but your tips have to make up the difference and equal a minimum hourley wage. If tips dont tip the scale your employer has to pay the difference so your paycheck reflects the minimum wage status. You need to carefully read ANY paperwork you may have signed prior to going to work there to make sure of your rights to minimum wage. Check out the link below it may shed some light on the subject. Good luck!
2016-05-18 21:10:38 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You didn't say what you do for a living. Waiters and waitress make below minimum and make it up in TIPS. There is nothing illegal about this. Are you getting paid on or off the books? If your on the books and the type of work is not exempt from the minimum law then you can report him and you can do it anonymously..
2007-04-25 07:59:16 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
If you are under a certain age, then he is allowed to pay them Under Minimum wage. I know for a fact in Illinois they can and I believe you have to be under 16. Under 16, the employer is allowed to pay them 85% of minimum wage.
2007-04-25 07:57:45 · answer #4 · answered by fuhgetduhboudit 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can report him to the Federal Wage and Hour Division and they will check into his situation and can make him pay (I believe) if he is paying below the federal minimum wage act. I know they can make employers pay if they have underpaid for overtime for employees.
2007-04-25 08:00:53 · answer #5 · answered by Blaze 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, and he needs to be reported.
There may be circumstances such as - do you wait on tables? If so, then he is permitted by law, seeing that you will make it up in tips.
If not, and there are no similar circumstances, he needs to be reported. Minimum wage is not to live on.
Contact your Better Business Bureau.
2007-04-25 07:59:59 · answer #6 · answered by Mr. Indignant 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
First, find out if he is breaking the law. Some workers, such as waiters and others who get part of their income from tips, are exempt from minimum wage laws.
2007-04-25 07:59:17 · answer #7 · answered by ? 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ok, then why did you go to work for him if it bothers you so much?? remember that if he goes out of business because of problems you call about, those people working there and you're crybaby self will be in the unemployment line, and hopefully they will find out it was you and thank you for it, real good! Just gotta tell huh??
2007-04-25 08:16:01 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Notify Wage and hour; they will protect your identity unless, of course, you are the only employee in that situation.
2007-04-25 07:54:35 · answer #9 · answered by wizjp 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes you can. Try the DTI website or google "minimum wage".
2007-04-25 07:54:24 · answer #10 · answered by Johnny 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋