Tipped employees' base wages will most likely not be going to $10 per hour (forget the $15 per hour number as that doesn't happen till 2026) next year. Tipped employees in FL must make the FL minimum wage (currently $8.56 per hour) through a combination of the tipped employees base wage (currently $5.54 per hour) and tips. If they don't make the $8.56 per hour number via their base wage plus tips then their employer must make up the difference. The tipped employee base wage will probably increase somewhat and they will probably be guaranteed at least $10 per hour via base wage and tips (plus employer contribution if necessary).
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Originally Posted by jbrown132
Here is my question. It is clear that the cost of food in restaurants will go up. If a waiter is now making $15.00 an hour do I still tip 20%. Say you and your wife go to dinner an the tab is $50.00. At 20% the tip would be $7.50 making their wage $22.50 and that assumes you are there for the entire hour. This intuitively seems highly to me an I believe will hurt these establishments. Maybe I’m wrong.
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