Instacart paying 80 cents an hour because worker received a large tip

Re:Instacart paying 80 cents an hour because worker received... by Zecar on Tuesday January 29, 2019 @04:37PM (#19030029)

> (3) The restaurant does not adjust wages after tips have been received

In many cases they do. If you receive zero tips for a shift, they are obligated to pay out minimum wage. If you receive $200 in tips for a shift, they pay out a lower figure, usually around $2.

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Re:Instacart paying 80 cents an hour because worker received... by jakelazaroff on Tuesday January 29, 2019 @05:51PM (#19030656)

A tipped employee must receive at least the tipped minimum wage before considering tips, and the normal minimum wage after considering tips. The only adjustment an employer is allowed to make is to increase an employee's base wage if the base wage + tips is less than the normal minimum wage. In no case can the base wage be less than the tipped minimum wage.

The people delivering here are "contractors", not employees, so this doesn't actually apply to them; what Instacart is doing here is merely reprehensible, as opposed to illegal.

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Re:Instacart paying 80 cents an hour because worker received... by jonathlee on Tuesday January 29, 2019 @05:02PM (#19030248)

This must be a new thing or only apply to certain states/cities. I've never saw this happen back when I was doing low wage work.

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Re:Instacart paying 80 cents an hour because worker received... by stonogo on Tuesday January 29, 2019 @05:12PM (#19030335)

This has been United States federal law since 1938.

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