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Omaha Steve's Labor Group

Bev54

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3. I still cannot get over that they are allowed to pay servers less than minimum wage

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Mon Aug 30, 2021, 10:40 PM

Aug 2021

In Canada, they are treated as every other worker and get at least minimum wage, which in many places, including my province, $15.00 per hour plus their tips. A good server can make good money. Sometimes a small percentage is put aside for the cooks etc. I know when my son worked as a server at a night club in 2003-2004, he was making $500-$800 a night (weekend) in tips over and above his wage. They shared a small percentage with the backup staff but when you have 20 servers making that, the backup staff did well too. Management did not keep any portion.

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Restaurant that took share of waiters' tips -- while paying them $3 an hour -- must return money [View all] Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Aug 2021 OP

Just as mine DH did 40 FT hours a week as an essential worker for Backseat Driver Aug 2021 #1

It is a crooked SOB that steals their already underpaid employee's wages. Chainfire Aug 2021 #2

I still cannot get over that they are allowed to pay servers less than minimum wage Bev54 Aug 2021 #3