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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: 2, Funny) by realDonaldTrump on Tuesday February 06 2018, @02:35PM (5 children)

    by realDonaldTrump (6614) on Tuesday February 06 2018, @02:35PM (#633830) Journal

    Our big companies and corporations are SHOWERING their workers with bonuses. This is a phenomenon that nobody even thought of, and now it is the rage. The absolute RAGE. That’s because of what we did. Who wants just the tips, when all that gold is coming down?

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  • (Score: 5, Touché) by c0lo on Tuesday February 06 2018, @02:47PM (2 children)

    by c0lo (156) Subscriber Badge on Tuesday February 06 2018, @02:47PM (#633835) Journal

    Showering and gold. Gold and shower.
    Mmm... I think I see what you did here.

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    • (Score: 2) by OrugTor on Tuesday February 06 2018, @03:54PM (1 child)

      by OrugTor (5147) Subscriber Badge on Tuesday February 06 2018, @03:54PM (#633885)

      I think he's confusing gold shower with cold shower. Which is what metaphorically lower-paid workers get as a bonus.

      • (Score: 2, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday February 06 2018, @04:01PM

        by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday February 06 2018, @04:01PM (#633892)

        No. He is making reference to the Russian hookers golden showers Trump has enjoyed.

  • (Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Tuesday February 06 2018, @11:55PM (1 child)

    by Runaway1956 (2926) Subscriber Badge on Tuesday February 06 2018, @11:55PM (#634196) Journal

    Oh, FFS - you've been modded "funny", but I don't think you meant that post as a joke. Walmart is giving everyone a raise to $11.00? That's "showering" people with money? Scroll back up to the comment alluding to golden showers. $11.00 is chump change. Not even chump change. Some chump on the street following around after some hooker or drug pusher makes a lot more than that. A couple, each of whom makes $11.00/hr and works two or three jobs each, trying to get in a 40 hour work week, are just keeping their heads slightly above the poverty level. Add a kid or two - fuck.

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    • (Score: 2, Funny) by ewk on Wednesday February 07 2018, @10:05AM

      by ewk (5923) on Wednesday February 07 2018, @10:05AM (#634352)

      " Add a kid or two - fuck."

      Generally it's the other way around... :-)

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