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Cake day: June 19th, 2023

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  • Worker advocacy groups are pushing to eliminate the tipped-wage system, while the restaurant industry warns these shifts hurt business and employees.

    Imagine having to pay a living wage, burger prices would explode!

    Except, for example, there is a 12.82€ minimum wage in Germany and a hamburger ist still around 2€ at Burger King (about 1:1 in $ atm). Food and work safety are stricter too iirc. Workers also have 20 days of vacation minimum (if your work full-time), 60h weeks maximum @ 40h on average, as well as extra pay for night, weekend and holiday shifts. And health insurance is about 200 a month at that income I think.

    Edit: Oh, and of course still 5-20% tipps.

    You are getting screwed over completely. Anyone who claims otherwise is your enemy.