A new trend in tipping emerges

https://lemmy.world/post/2388122

A new trend in tipping emerges - Lemmy.world

Tipping is dumb af anyways. Why is it my job to make up the remaining of their salary when businesses easily could just pay them more but don’t because they know the customers will just do it for them
if you're wanting to protest those businesses, you might wanna start with not buying from them in the first place.
Not always that easy is it, if you want to go out you have to find a place that advertises their no tipping policy. It’s go and don’t tip or stay at home or else take part in a shit system.
No, see if you go and dont tip, you're still taking part in the shit system, just with a side of hurtin workers. The owners making just as much money and doesnt need to change what he's doing.

No.

If employees are earning below the minimum wage then the employer has to pay the difference.

www.dol.gov/…/handy-reference-guide-flsa#3

So yeah, if anyone’s feeling guilty about not tipping then don’t. This should be a discussion between employees and their employers. Not customers and employees.

Handy Reference Guide to the Fair Labor Standards Act

DOL
there you go, minimum wage is plenty for those workers
If the waiter is only making minimum wage in the U.S., considering what minimum wage is, that makes me feel sorry for them and even more inclined to give them a tip, because no one should have to survive on minimum wage.

Thing people forget is that the employer will just fire the employee for “lack of performance” or some bullshit.

There are virtually no worker protections in the US, and, as consumers, we need to stop feeding the greedy beasts that run restaurants.

And don’t forget, wage theft totals more than all other they combined: epi.org/…/epidemic-wage-theft-costing-workers-hun…

An Epidemic of Wage Theft Is Costing Workers Hundreds of Millions of Dollars a Year

Millions of Americans struggle to get by on low wages, often without any benefits such as paid sick leave, a pension, or even health insurance. Their difficult lives are made immeasurably harder when they do the work they have been hired to do, but their employers refuse to pay, pay for some hours but not…

Economic Policy Institute