“In 2021, with the onset of the COVID variants and the end of most pandemic relief programs, tipped workers report finding themselves facing more risks and even worse conditions than the first year of the pandemic,” according to a recent report by the nonprofit organization One Fair Wage. Listen to one person decide what they want - not wait, they’ve another question! - now do it 20 times a day. They deal with the public’s questions and mood swings - along with the added threat of coronavirus exposure. Service workers have taken the brunt of the financial and health ramifications during the pandemic. “If anything, we should be tipping our wait staff and delivery people as much as we can afford during these uncertain times. It’s left up to the states as to how to deal with that: Some states require employers to pay tipped employees full state minimum wage before tips, while others require employers to pay tipped employees a minimum cash wage above the minimum cash wage required as per the federal Fair Labor Standards Act. The federal minimum wage for tipped employees like waitstaff and bartenders is $2.13, a figure that has not budged in 30 years, versus $7.25 per hour for non-tipped workers. Waitstaff are not like the other workers you have mentioned. Second, and most importantly, it’s an economic justice issue. So you do have a choice: Stay home and don’t tip, or go to a restaurant and tip. Every time you leave without tipping, you are not only insulting the person who waited on your table, but you are breaking that social contract. ![]() It’s part of a social contract - whether you like it or not - every time you go to a restaurant. The first among them is that restaurants expect you to tip, they leave a blank space on the bill for you to tip, and if you don’t want to tip, you can not tip in your own kitchen. There are several reasons why you should tip waitstaff who pay taxes on their gross income. I assume you choose not to tip waiters too.
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