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Re:Instacart paying 80 cents an hour because worker received... by javagram on Tuesday January 29, 2019 @05:12PM (#19030336)
Many states have what’s known as a tipped minimum wage which is different from the minimum wage.

The tipped minimum is usually something like $2 vs the $7 minimum wage (these numbers are probably off now that so many places have raised the minimum wage to $10 or $12).

Since in this instacart case they ended up paying out $.80 an hour it’s below even tipped minimum wage standards, although I assume there’s some dodge about claiming the employees are contractors to get around paying wages.

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Re:Instacart paying 80 cents an hour because worker received... by tomjakubowski on Tuesday January 29, 2019 @08:38PM (#19031787)
WA doesn't have a separate tipped minimum wage, which makes the violation even more flagrant.
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