The reason I asked is I looked and can't find one confirmation of there being a state law preventing tips for any class of worker, in fact the opposite. This was likely just the policy of the companies you worked at. There are entire classes of employees that get at least minimum wage but are frequently tipped (baristas, tour guides, bellhops, busboys. among others) so I don't think there would be a law banning that, but perhaps individual companies can have policies against it.
Most of those instances you mention would be cash from customer to employee. Technically speaking that doesn’t count cause no one is recording that or claiming it as the employee. You can’t cash out card tips to hourly employees the same way you can to servers. Those are recorded tips on the transaction bill. You’re taxed on those. If you got paid server wages ($2.15 p/hr) and made absolutely zero tips we’d have to compensate you minimum wage for those hours at the end of pay period.
I think you're conflating the policy and capability of the places you've worked with state law. I'm certain if I go into a Starbucks or get my hair cut in Georgia that they would be able to add a tip to my credit card. Every source I've been able to find corroborates that so I'd be curious if you could point me to something authoritative that backs up your assertion, because it just doesn't sound very plausible and contradicts the information I'm seeing on the topic.
But income shouldn’t be a “sometimes it works well for certain people and other time it doesn’t” it should be something guaranteed to receive for work done.
woah woah woah, this is the US, sir. We don't change things for the good of people. Tell me how this will help the businesses that fund my local politician and we'll talk.
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u/Chevanalee 11d ago
Why can’t employers just pay their workers? That’s the point of an employer isn’t it?