What is the history of Waitress Wages? Find out on Paywizard.org.
Question:
I'm doing a research paper on waitress wage. I know that for many years it has been $2.13, but do you have record on when this was changed last? It would really help me out!
Answer Paywizard.org:
Congress approved the first minimum cash payment for tipped employees
in 1966: a payment set at half the minimum wage, which was at the time
being raised from $1.25 to $1.60. Before 1966 restaurant and bar owners
had no legal obligation to pay a food server or bartender a cash
minimum.
The federal tip minimum varied from 40% to 50% of the minimum wage
until 1996, when Congress froze it at half of the then current minimum
wage of $4.25 and added the requirement that if an employee's average
tips didn't bring the total wage up to the minimum, the employer would
make up the difference. The tip minimum has remained at $2.13 ever
since, even through the minimum wage increases passed in 2007.
This text was taken from the website "Subminimum Wages"
You can find a history of the federal minimum wage rates on the site of the US Department of Labor.
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