Lyft and Uber threatened to stop doing business in Minneapolis after the city council adopted a new rule Thursday that would set a minimum wage for rideshare drivers.
Lyft and Uber threatened to stop doing business in Minneapolis after the city council adopted a new rule Thursday that would set a minimum wage for rideshare drivers.
“Govt: we believe that companies that employ people in our community should have to pay the established legal minimum wage.”
…Unless they are waiters or waitresses.
I’ll just do the rest of the thread, since it’s the same every time:
Lemmy so efficient, even the flame threads are prefilled for you
Waiters and waitresses still get paid minimum wage (not tipped minimum) if their tips and wages are less than minimum wage.
Well, they’re supposed to at least.
Supposed to is the important part there, wage theft is depressingly common.
Definitely true, which is why I included that line.
But, the truth is that if you’re not doing well enough as a server to hit minimum wage in tips, you’re probably going to get let go anyways. It’s stupid easy to get minimum wage in tips.