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I recently stayed at a state park lodge and found an envelope prominently displayed in my room with the message, "I hope you enjoyed your stay! If you appreciated your housekeeper and would like to leave a tip, her name is ___________." Not sure if this is sanctioned by the state, who is paying her.
Write the following on a piece of paper & put it inside the envelope:
Waitresses should be paid at least minimum wage. I'm for doing away with tipping altogether. It's a slippery slope -- obviously.
Waitresses ARE paid at least minimum wage.
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A tipped employee engages in an occupation in which he or she customarily and regularly receives more than $30 per month in tips. An employer of a tipped employee is only required to pay $2.13 per hour in direct wages if that amount combined with the tips received at least equals the federal minimum wage.
Thus, in the event that the tipped waitress's combined $2.13 direct wage plus tips received is less than the federal minimum wage, the employer "top's off" the total compensation. There is never a legal situation where the tipped employee is paid less than the federal minimum wage.
In a simple example, let's say the waitress works 10 hours during the pay period. The federal minimum wage, of course, is $7.25 per hour. The absolute minimum compensation for that 10 hour period, therefore, is 10*$7.25=$72.50. The waitress will receive a minimum of 10*$2.13=$21.30 in direct compensation from the restaurant employer if and only if there is sufficient tipped income such that the total is at least the federal minimum wage. In the unlikely event that waitress reports zero tips ($0.00) for that 10 hour time period, the restaurant increases direct compensation to a minimum of $7.25 per hour or $72.50.
I recently stayed at a state park lodge and found an envelope prominently displayed in my room with the message, "I hope you enjoyed your stay! If you appreciated your housekeeper and would like to leave a tip, her name is ___________." Not sure if this is sanctioned by the state, who is paying her.
I’ve stayed at numerous places over the years and seen this with some regularity so it’s got nothing to do with a state park system
I was simply wondering if the state park system endorses this. Tipping government workers isn't really a thing.
When I was a government worker, we were prohibited from accepting gratuities. In fact, I once mailed a gift card back, with a polite Thank You, and an explanation as to why I could not accept it.
I very rarely have anyone ask me if I'd like to round up but I did have someone somewhere (I don't even remember where) ask me recently. I said yes because the charity they were supporting was a good one. Now I sort of remember where it was, it was at TJ Maxx or Marshall's.
I recently stayed at a state park lodge and found an envelope prominently displayed in my room with the message, "I hope you enjoyed your stay! If you appreciated your housekeeper and would like to leave a tip, her name is ___________." Not sure if this is sanctioned by the state, who is paying her.
Were they actual State employees or were they contract employees? Many public "park" systems use contractors to manage or service the lodgings. Unless the contract specifically prohibits them asking for tips or gratuities, they are the same as a Holiday Inn.
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