Originally Posted by
Scubatooth
Well thats what the law states but I have yet to find a GM that would do this if the averages came up short. The best you would get is "try harder next time". Good idea in theory but just doesnt happen at all. I have had days that i have made under a $1 a hour because of cheapskates and those who dont tip because they think i get paid "$15 a hour to kiss my butt and pamper me". no joke that was his comment to the regional partner in complaint( the only one that was ever sent in on me as I had nothing but compliments in my file and was scratched off as this was a repeat whiner who was banned from ever coming back after one incident.) and i worked at a 3.5-4 star establishment. Then on the other hand i have had days where i have walked with over a grand for 15 hours of work because we where so busy (slammed) that i ended up working from lunch all the way through closing. The average is only about less then $10 a hour for floor staff or about 20K for the year.
I am not an expert in this, but I would think the basis is the average hourly wage per pay period comes out to minimum wage, so daily deviations don't necessarily matter. If a server was making less than the minimum wage and the manager is aware of this, I think that employee should reflect on whether this job is worth keeping and whether they should take the initiative and contact their Department of Labor, who would certainly be interested in a business violating the minimum wage law.