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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: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday February 06 2018, @09:34PM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday February 06 2018, @09:34PM (#634108)

    Even when paying with a card, I try as hard as I can to leave the tip in cash.

    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

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday February 07 2018, @01:20AM (#634230)

    How were they able to add an additional charge? Did you give them your card's PIN or something?

    ...

    Murrica