Boulangerie: April 2023

One unbaked bit from the month!

The Boulangerie is a regular, unscheduled feature of Technocomplex, appearing once or twice a week. It is for half-baked, rising dough, the just-now-in-the-oven entries. After all boulangerie in French is bakery. Entries are always very short. To find out when new loaves have been set out, follow @mrdelong@mastodon.online.

April 11, 2023

From “Let's Talk About Tipping” by Ehsan Zaffar. Carolina Blue for the states not required; Duke Blue for the others. But remember, the federal minimum wage is a paltry $7.25/hour. Zaffar reminds us, “The United States is the only country that exempts tipped workers from its standard minimum wage.”

“Minimum wages for tipped workers are different, and far lower at both the state and local government levels. For instance, while the federal minimum wage is an already obscenely low $7.25 per hour, for tipped workers it is only $2.13 (an amount set by Congress in 1991!) - as long tips bring the hourly total up to $7.25. The employer only has to make up the difference between between the minimum wage and the tipped minimum wage if tips do not cover the gap.”

Zaffar, Ehsan. “Let’s Talk About Tipping.” Substack newsletter. UnfairNation by Ehsan Zaffar, April 3, 2023.

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