Restaurant industry and tipped workers at odds on minimum wage
As we noted recently, there's been a lot of discussion around raising the minimum wage, both in California, where Governor Brown signed an increase into law, and at the federal level, where such efforts have had less success. However, many employees who regularly receive customer gratuities are not paid based on the regular minimum wage. The good news for California's tipped employees is that according to the U.S. Department of Labor, the hourly minimum wage in our state is the same as for non-tipped workers: $8.00. If you move to another state, however, you may be in for an unpleasant surprise.
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