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Proposed Tip-Pooling Law is So Bad for Workers the Government Hid Data on It

posted by Fnord666 on Tuesday February 06 2018, @02:16PM   Printer-friendly
from the no-tipping-allowed dept.

MrPlow writes:

Submitted via IRC for SoyCow9228

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

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  • (Score: 3, Insightful) by nitehawk214 on Tuesday February 06 2018, @03:56PM (4 children)

    by nitehawk214 (1304) on Tuesday February 06 2018, @03:56PM (#633888)

    Then the employer just fires anyone that taddles on them for stealing tips. Your invisible hand of the market only jacks off the owners while fisting the workers. (how's that for a free market analogy?)

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  • (Score: 1) by redneckmother on Tuesday February 06 2018, @04:27PM (2 children)

    by redneckmother (3597) on Tuesday February 06 2018, @04:27PM (#633922)

    I loved the analogy. May I quote you?

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    • (Score: 1) by nitehawk214 on Tuesday February 06 2018, @05:22PM (1 child)

      by nitehawk214 (1304) on Tuesday February 06 2018, @05:22PM (#633955)

      Sure, but I can't possibly be the first person to think of it.

      There are a lot of dirty minds on the internet.

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      • (Score: 1, Redundant) by Runaway1956 on Tuesday February 06 2018, @11:59PM

        by Runaway1956 (2926) Subscriber Badge on Tuesday February 06 2018, @11:59PM (#634199) Journal

        There are a lot of dirty minds on the internet.

        Please, say it isn't so! You made that up, didn't you? :^)

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday February 06 2018, @05:42PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday February 06 2018, @05:42PM (#633977)

    nobody said anything about taddling to some "authority". he said FREE! that means you leave like a free person would do, not whine to some Grand Overseer slug.