06-15-2016, 04:24 PM
This almost sounded like human trafficking schemes. Turns out it is legal in Hawaii. It is called tip credit. Hawaii has a minimum wage but employers are not required to pay the full state minimum, they can offset by how much the employee gets in tips. The employer can also require the server to share a percentage with the whole staff. If the tips are enough, the employer doesn't have to pay a wage beyond a bare minimum. Voluntary slave labor.
http://labor.hawaii.gov/wsd/minimum-wage/
"Aloha also means goodbye. Aloha!"
http://labor.hawaii.gov/wsd/minimum-wage/
"Aloha also means goodbye. Aloha!"
*Japanese tourist on bus through Pahoa, "Is this still America?*