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Tipped employees suffer a form of legalized wage theft
Minimum wage in Rhode Island is currently set at $8 an hour, but if you are a server working in a restaurant earning tips, you can be paid as little as $2.89 and hour. The idea is that the lower wage...
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Tip high and tip often, someone’s economic security depends on it
There are two minimum wages in this state, as in many states. There’s the one you always hear about that applies to almost everyone and every job, which is around $9.00/hr. right now. Then there is the...
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A rebuttal to ProJo’s editorial on under-paying tipped workers
Recently the Providence Journal published a piece panning the proposed legislation to raise the minimum wage for tipped employees, over time, to reflect the standard minimum wage for non gratuity-based...
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ProJo passes tipping point
The editorial staff of the Providence Journal claim to be “sympathetic” to the struggles of tipped employees and their families, yet they offer no solution for this subordinated “server” class of Rhode...
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