(January 31, 2013 at 7:35 pm)Moros Synackaon Wrote: Of note, while federal law mandates that workers who do not make enough in tips be paid according to minimum wage, workers who fall under that category are often summarily fired.
In short, it is get tipped or get fired.
Fortunately, there are a few states where tipped workers must be paid at least the Federal minimum wage before tips. Interestingly, all of them are in the west: Oregon, Washington, California, Nevada, and Alaska. Montana as well, provided your employer has gross sales of more than $110K.
I'm happy to live in a state where tipped workers must be paid almost $2 over the Federal minimum wage before tips ($9.19, same as non-tipped employees). No, I won't be using that as an excuse to not tip.
