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Originally Posted by nfotiu
Is there data on where min wage before tips goes from $2 to $15? That's what this would do in a lot of states. I'd assume restaurants would be forced to move away from tipping and get it included in the bill in that instance. I'm not disagreeing with you. I totally see the point and probably favor that model. It just seems like it is going to be messy and there should be some acknowledgement that the high tipping jobs will be a lot more scarce.
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Take a look here:
https://www.moneypenny.com/us/resour...es-of-tipping/
It's not before and after, but it does show that California, where minimum wage depends on enterprise size (either $13 or $14), tipping is about average for the country. There clearly hasn't been a major drop because of the change. In the end, California servers are getting a way better deal than say DC servers.
That said, I don't have the employment data for before and after. I'd imagine that maybe restaurants are trying to have fewer servers, but that can only go so far before the quality drops and customers quit coming. I feel like quality threshold is a counterweight to the desire to trim labor costs.