In 2025, the federal minimum wage is officially a “poverty wage.” The annual earnings of a single adult working full-time, year-round at $7.25 an hour now fall below the poverty threshold of $15,650 (established by the Department of Health and Human Services guidelines). The limitations of how the federal government calculates poverty understate how far…
Yeah lol, I was gonna say how many underpaid tipped workers do you think know about that requirement, and of those few how many do you think actually confront their boss about it, and of those handful how many do you think get that money they’re owed without retaliation.
I know not what many of those numbers are, but I’d be absolutely floored if that last number weren’t zero. Especially in 2025 and beyond.