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Tipped Employees
A tipped employee is one who engages in an occupation in which tips of more the $30 a month are customarily and regularly received. An employer may consider, within prescribed limits, the tips received by a tipped employee as part of the employee's wages.
In 1996, the Small Business Job Protection Act froze the minimum cash wage required for tipped employees at $ per hour. If the employee receives more than $/month in tips, the employee is required to report their tips to the employer each month.
If tips received do not amount to at least $ per hour, the employer must increase the hourly rate of pay so hourly wage plus the equivalent hourly tip rate, at a minimum, equals $ per hour.
Let's assume that Carly Employee, Example's daughter, earns a weekly wage of $90 for a 40-hour workweek and received tips of $90 each week. Even though the hourly rate paid ($2.25a) exceeds the minimum cash wage rate, the employer must pay an additional $110 so that tips received plus the wages paid equal the minimum wage.
Hours | Formula | Amount | |
Workweek @ minimum wage | Minimum wage ($7.25) x hours in workweek | $290.00 | |
Weekly wage | 90.00 | ||
Tips received | 90.00 | ||
Extra weekly pay | $110.00 | ||
Minimum cash wage rate ($2.25a) + Hourly
wage pay rate ($5.00b) must, at a minimum, equal the FLSA minimum hourly wage of $7.25. |
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a $90 / 40 hours per workweek = $2.25 per hour. | |||
b ($90 + 110.00) / 40 hours per workweek = $5.00 per hour. |
? Tackle It
Note: Round interim calculations to two decimal places. Use rounded amounts in subsequent computations. And, round your final answer to two decimal places.
Mia Hamm earns $87 a week for a 40-hour workweek. During one week, Mia received tips of $90. Complete the two statements below.
1. | What hourly rate is being paid to Mia? | $ |
2. | How much must the employer pay Mia in addition to her weekly wage? | $ |
Weekly wage rate being paid to Mia Hamm = Earnings in a week / Total hours worked in a week
= $87 / 40 hours
= $2.185 per hour
Tips received by Mia Hamm during the week = $90
Weekly Wages received by Mia Hamm = $87
Total Weekly remuneration received by Mia Hamm = $90 + $87 = $177
Minimum wage remuneration that should have been given :
=Minimum wage ($7.25) x hours in workweek
=$7,25 * 40 hours
=$290
Therefore, Mia Hamm should have received $290 but she is receiving total remuneration = $177.
Therefore, excess amount to be paid by the employer = $290 - $177
= $113