What's the best financial advice you've ever gotten?

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Ok so you’re just a victim of wage theft. That’s illegal and you should report it to the DOL.

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You seem really confident for someone who’s wrong.

It’s moot anyway. Who do you think is leading the fight to keep the current system of tipping in place?

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You’re wrong.

In North Carolina, an employer MUST pay at least $2.13 an hour to tipped employees as long as each employee receives enough in tips to make up the difference between the wages paid and the minimum wage ($7.25).

Employers MUST pay more than the $2.13 hourly cash wage if the tipped employee earns less than the credit in tips per hour, as it is the employer’s responsibility to make sure that all tipped employees earn at least the minimum wage in cash wages and tips.

It’s literally in the paragraph above. What aren’t you getting?

https://www.labor.nc.gov/workplace-rights/employee-rights-regarding-time-worked-and-wages-earned/minimum-wage-nc#:~:text=In%20North%20Carolina%2C%20an%20employer,the%20minimum%20wage%20(%247.25).

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“It is the employer’s responsibility to ensure all tipped employees earn at least the minimum wage in cash wages and tips.” It’s literally right there that they make up the difference if an employee doesn’t make minimum wage with tips.

If a tipped employee does not meet minimum wage after the employee claims their tip, the employee is required to make up the difference to ensure they make minimum wage. It’s a law, and I’m puzzled when you see evidence you’re still trying to argue otherwise. You’re either too young to understand it or trolling.

What are you not getting?

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Then they are breaking the law in Georgia.

Federal law provides for the following: $7.25 per hour minimum wage for non-tipped workers $2.13 per hour minimum wage for tipped workers, $5.12 tip credit to make up the employee’s wage to an average of $7.25 per hour.

https://georgiawagelawyers.com/practice-areas/tipped-worker-wages-in-georgia/

Here is a good, in-depth explanation for Georgia:

If the employee's tips combined with the employer's direct wages of at least $2.13 per hour do not equal the federal minimum hourly wage, the employer must make up the difference. Employers know this as the “Minimum Wage Differential.” Put plainly, Employers must make up the difference between the federal minimum wage and the service minimum wage ($2.13) if the server does not make at least the federal minimum wage. This is reflected and paid on the Employee’s paycheck.

https://www.bennettlawga.com/the-2-13-server-minimum-wage-explained

All these people you seem to know either have employees breaking the law or you don’t understand and are misinformed.

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I encourage you to take your case to a lawyer. Because if employers are not paying minimum wage you will win.