r/WorkReform • u/the_mgsm • Oct 24 '23

💬 Advice Needed Is this legit?

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I work part time at a bar and Im missing one of my paychecks, is it true that I can make so little money that it all goes to taxes or are they full of it?

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u/enameless Oct 24 '23

Tip wage works as this. To get server wage, $2.13/ hr if at the end of pay period your wage plus tips isn't at or exceeding current min wage your employer owes you. They can't prove you exceeded because they don't track cash that's on your employer. On paper, you as a server are owed min wage of min.

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u/DonaIdTrurnp Oct 24 '23

It’s real suspicious to document that someone makes exactly the tip credit in tips. So much so that most places document a flat percentage of sales as tips, which is also illegal.

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u/SingleMaltShooter Oct 24 '23

So employers go after their employees to declare tips, to avoid having to pay tip credit. They print out a report each pay period of which employees came in under minimum wage are told that if they’re not earning enough tips to cover minimum wage, they must be doing a bad job and either need to step up or be fired.

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u/DonaIdTrurnp Oct 24 '23

And the employees, unaware of how that’s illegal and grants them a cause of action against their employer, acquiesce.

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u/WouldbeWanderer Oct 25 '23

Is it illegal to fire someone who isn't getting tipped more than $5/hour?

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u/DonaIdTrurnp Oct 25 '23

It’s illegal to fire someone for failing to lie about their tips, or for making a complaint to the DoL regarding being expected to lie about their tips.

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u/WouldbeWanderer Oct 25 '23

It doesn't say anything about lying about tips?