Although state laws may vary, here's the convention. Restaurants will pay you the server rate. They do owe you minimum wage, but it will be on your shoulders to prove that you didn't earn minimum wage for the day.
For example, let's say you came in two hours early and worked a six hour shift serving. For simplicity let's say the server rate is $2/hour and the minimum wage is $6/hour. For working eight hours (2 + 6), you need to have earned a total of $48 (8 x $6). You need to have earned $32 in tips ($48 - (8 x $2 = $16)).
Here's the ticklish point. You probably don't even want to tell the government that you earned $32, nevermind complain about the server rate. You only pay taxes on what you report. They only require you to report something like 10% or 12%.
Most waiters and waitresses keep their mouths shut.
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No, at least not where I live. No, the restaraunt must pay a waiter/waitress at least minimum wage. Income from tips is completely seperate.
The minimum wage for restaurant, diner, and bar servers is much lower than the minimum for other workers. Your employer is obligated to pay you the server minimum, nothing more. It sounds like you need to find a more popular establishment. *In Kentucky and Indiana, the employer is supposed to pay you the difference between what you make in tips and the minimum wage if your tips do not bring you up to that. It is very seldom that tips do not bring the wages of a server up to minimum wage when averaged over a period of a few days to a week, so employers assume that overall you are making minimum wage or more and do not make up the difference if you have a bad day every now and then.
The amount of hours a restaurant owner works will vary depending on the success of the restaurant and how much the owner wants to work. Some restaurant owners work 80 hours and some work 10 hours.
It is more the minimum amount of money that an employer has to pay versus the number of hours. If an employee works less than 3 hours than the employer is required to pay the employee an amount equal to 3 hours of work at the minimum wage in the respective province. So for example, in Alberta the minimum wage is $8.80/ hours X 3 hours is $26.40, so if the employee's hourly rate is in excess of the minimum wage, for example $12.00, than the employer is only required to pay 2.2 hours, which is $26.40 / 12.
Depending on the restaurant, hours, quantity, quality, specific meal, etc.; the minimum is probably 2,5 euros. And the maximum up to 25 euros.
The duration of Server Sundaram is 2.75 hours.
The duration of Man from the Restaurant is 1.03 hours.
The duration of Cruel Restaurant is 1.25 hours.
The duration of The Big Restaurant is 1.42 hours.
The hours of operation for the China Restaurant depends on what China Restaurant it is. For an example the China Restaurant, Golden China is open from 11 AM EDT - 11 PM EDT daily.
Banquet or restaurant server, you will make good money if you work enough hours.