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Question: Is my job allowed to pay bussers 3% of server’s tips and $2.12 an hour?

Answer:

Arizona's minimum wage law can be found at A.R.S. §§ 23-362 - 364. The current minimum wage is $6.75. For employees who receive tips, the employer can pay up to $3.00 less than the minimum wage per hour, if the employer keeps records to show the employee’s hourly wage plus tips equaled the minimum wage of $6.75 per hour.

In essence, all workers must earn at least $5.15, including tips. Also, employees must keep all of their tips, except if they participate in a tip pooling or sharing arrangement. Where employees practice tip pooling (or splitting), e.g. where waiters give a portion of their tips to the busboys, the money is counted as tips for each individual who receives it.


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On 10/07/05
Cheryl from CA said:
Wow! A 13 year old that wants to work. I am 20 and only started working about a year ago.
On 03/01/04
Jeffrey from NY said:
I think 13 year olds should be able to get a job. We also need money for ourselves. We shoudn't always have to ask our parents for money! We should alllll have some sort of independece.
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