Labor Dept. Plan Could Let the Boss Pocket the Tip
Source: MSN/NY Times
The Trump administration is moving to give restaurants and other employers more control over workers’ tips. But critics have denounced the plan as legalizing wage theft and accuse the administration of suppressing evidence that lends credence to the charge.
In December, the administration announced a proposal to undo portions of a 2011 regulation that blocked employers from collecting tips and distributing them to anyone other than the workers who customarily receive them.
Under the new proposal, for which the public comment period ends on Monday, employers could use workers’ tips for essentially any purpose, as long as the workers were directly paid at least the federal minimum wage of $7.25 an hour.
The restaurant industry, which has fought the regulation for years, argues that the change would allow employers to share the tips of waiters and waitresses with so-called back-of-the-house workers like cooks and dishwashers.
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However, remember Trump and Republicans are populist because they cater to racism, sexism and xenophobia by giving the working class a scapegoat. For example, look at the blame game toward black NFL players.
Your boss is pocketing your tip and its all the fault of the rich black player taking a knee on the field or a woman saying #metoo.
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...they might watch Fox News, then blame Democrats, Dreamers, women complaining about sexual harassment, black athletes or NAFTA, and vote for Trump because only he can protect us from Hillary Clinton's e-mails with the magic of tax cuts to the rich and regulations that allow their employers to pocket their tips.
