Subject: Re: can't pay a penny for a thought

I see this continuing given the lack of federal tax on tips.

Recall a reg that went into effect in, iirc, 2020, allows the "JC" to pool the tip money, and skim some off to pay the cooks and other back room staff, rather than paying those people a competitive wage out of the "JC's" pocket. The subsequent administration rolled that reg back, but I would expect it to return. Hence, the incentive to have servers work for tips, so the "JC" receives more subsidy money for his back room payroll.

Press Releases • By Heidi Shierholz • December 22, 2020

Today, the Trump administration finalized a regulation on tips that gives employers of tipped workers a loophole allowing them to capture more than $700 million annually from workers.

https://www.epi.org/press/trum...

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