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Back in December, we reported on the Trump administration's proposed changes to tip-pooling regulations that would allow employers to pocket servers' tips as long as the employees continue to make minimum wage. That's right: Employers could take servers' tips and just dole out the minimum wage. But wait, it gets worse!
Turns out, the Department Of Labor knew how crappy this would make life for restaurant employees. This Bloomberg Law article, citing sources within the agency, reveals that the Department Of Labor knowingly buried its own data that showed restaurant workers would lose billions of dollars in gratuities under the new proposal.
Source: https://thetakeout.com/proposed-tip-pooling-law-is-so-bad-for-workers-the-gove-1822664111
(Score: 3, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday February 06 2018, @02:33PM (6 children)
Even when paying with a card, I try as hard as I can to leave the tip in cash. It's a freakin' gift from me to the wait staff, not something for the owner or government to have any opinions about.
Yeah, the "market" could sort things out if shit gets bad enough. In related news, wild boars have also been spotted on approach to the landing strip, a jet engine firmly tucked under each wing...
(Score: 2) by The Mighty Buzzard on Tuesday February 06 2018, @03:04PM
I'd call it payment for services rendered rather than a gift but, yeah, not reporting all of your tips is a time honored way of giving the greedy bastards in DC the finger.
My rights don't end where your fear begins.
(Score: 1) by nitehawk214 on Tuesday February 06 2018, @03:49PM
I tip extra when tipping on the card. I don't often carry much cash, so I just pay out enough to make it worthwhile.
"Don't you ever miss the days when you used to be nostalgic?" -Loiosh
(Score: 3, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday February 06 2018, @03:55PM
That's a relief. At least they're not right-wingers or left-wingers.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday February 06 2018, @06:48PM
oh yeah, and if you're the government and want it taxed, make the owner pay it out as salary, on the books. Anything I'm giving in cash, directly to the waiter, is underground economy, and that's where it rightfully belongs!
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday February 06 2018, @09:34PM (1 child)
I *used* to do this, and have since stopped. I ran into multiple restaurants that assumed I had paid no tip, and added one to my credit card charge after I had signed the receipt. I challenged each with the restaurant involved and my card company. While the charges were reversed, it was a PITA, and not worth my time. I even tried to write "tip on table", and STILL had a restaurant add a tip to my charge after I left.
The entire tipping process is broken. Do away with it and pay wait staff a real wage and charge customers prices needed to keep the business running.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday February 07 2018, @01:20AM
How were they able to add an additional charge? Did you give them your card's PIN or something?
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