Los Angeles labor and employment associate Alicia Anderson is quoted in this article about a case involving restaurant chain P.F. Chang's China Bistro Inc.'s employees» fight
for full minimum wage for non-tipped work.
Then there's Cuomo, whose position is that he could hardly have achieved passage of items like a Dream Act or
full minimum wage hike this year with the G.O.P. - controlled State Senate he faces.
The change would require employers to pay their
people full minimum wage, which in upstate New York is $ 10.40 per hour.
A tip pool will often be invalidated (and
full minimum wage will be owed to participants) if tips are shared with non-tipped employees.
Cuomo indicated that in his State of the State address Wednesday he will discuss the prospect of eliminating this tipped credit system and compelling employers to pay
the full minimum wage.
There's no good reason not to require their employers to pay
the full minimum wage like other employers do.»
The DOL's previous proposal would have allowed employers to require tipped employees paid at least
the full minimum wage to share their tips with employees who are not typically tipped.