McDonald’s is criticizing the restaurant industry for allowing tipped wages, which let managers pay servers less than the minimum wage as long as customer tips make up the difference.

Kempczinski also noted that in many states, sit-down restaurants are allowed to pay servers as little as $2.13 per hour, a federal minimum set in 1991, with tips making up the rest of their pay.

“So right now, there’s an uneven playing field. If you are a restaurant that allows tips or has tips as part of your equation, you’re essentially getting the customer to pay for your labor and you’re getting an extra benefit from no taxes on tips,” Kempczinski said.

  • Showroom7561@lemmy.ca
    101·
    4 days ago

    I’d rather work somewhere where the patron can buy my labor directly

    Ma’am, nobody should be paying a 30% tip for someone to pour a drink, or walk an order up to your table, simply because the employer isn’t paying a fair wage.

    Restaurants should pay people like every other business, and kill tipping culture.

    But what I do know? I’m just the customer who decides where my money goes.