Hooters could still exist if the waitresses were paid a salary or an hourly rate. Tipping isn’t the problem.
> there are laws in place forcing the employer to pay a certain amount for a given amount of work. Not so with tipping.
The laws apply a minimum pay to a fixed amount of time working. Not an amount of work. If you do 2x the amount of work as a coworker in the same amount of time, you will be paid the same.
I think you might also be confusing tipped minimum wage with actual minimum wage, and I think the article did no one any favors there.
> there are laws in place forcing the employer to pay a certain amount for a given amount of work. Not so with tipping.
The laws apply a minimum pay to a fixed amount of time working. Not an amount of work. If you do 2x the amount of work as a coworker in the same amount of time, you will be paid the same.
I think you might also be confusing tipped minimum wage with actual minimum wage, and I think the article did no one any favors there.