Comment on The federal minimum wage is officially a poverty wage in 2025
kkj@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 weeks agoDe jure, the restaurant has to make the difference up if they make less than minimum wage after tips. De facto, wage theft is about twice as much as all other forms of theft combined.
MrVilliam@lemm.ee 4 weeks ago
Yeah lol, I was gonna say how many underpaid tipped workers do you think know about that requirement, and of those few how many do you think actually confront their boss about it, and of those handful how many do you think get that money they’re owed without retaliation.
I know not what many of those numbers are, but I’d be absolutely floored if that last number weren’t zero. Especially in 2025 and beyond.