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Joe5205 t1_jd52cx4 wrote

Reply to comment by eddie964 in News 12 Poll: Should Connecticut raise servers' wages? by jaydecay123

That's how it is currently. You get server wage, plus tips. If there's no customers and you don't get tips to make up the difference you get paid min wage instead.

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witteefool t1_jd5ri0m wrote

In theory that’s how it should work. In practice the business owner rarely does the work to assure workers are paid minimum wage if their tips don’t cover it.

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Joe5205 t1_jda9y55 wrote

I'm not sure what would change then. If the law already states that servers have to make Min wage, but people aren't following it, a law that says the same thing doesn't change anything. What needs to be changed is people learning workers' rights in high school. I've taught plenty of high schoolers working their first job to stand up for themselves and know their rights.

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