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Re:Gen Z does not dream of labor by gruez on Sunday April 24, 2022 @04:24PM (#31147957)
>There are whole categories of jobs that are exempt from minimum wage

I'm presuming you're talking about tipped jobs? It seems reasonable to presume that they earn close to minimum wage when factoring in tips, otherwise people would switch to non-exempt jobs.

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Re:Gen Z does not dream of labor by smileysteve on Sunday April 24, 2022 @04:44PM (#31148145)
> otherwise people would switch to non-exempt jobs.

But we're seeing this in the US, between covid restaurant layoffs and closures; Tipped dining service is struggling to recruit.

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Re:Gen Z does not dream of labor by Amezarak on Sunday April 24, 2022 @08:05PM (#31149449)
Tipped employees are required to be paid minimum wage if their tips don’t equal 7.25/hr. Their employer is federally mandated to make up the difference.

Having said that, most tipped employees are doing much, much better…which is why they aren’t clamoring to go wash dishes in the back.

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Re:Gen Z does not dream of labor by notacoward on Sunday April 24, 2022 @08:56PM (#31149729)
There are far more exemptions than that.

https://www.minimum-wage.org/articles/minimum-wage-exemption...

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Re:Gen Z does not dream of labor by disgruntledphd2 on Monday April 25, 2022 @11:54AM (#31156654)
Trucking is a big one.
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