Presidential Signing Statement
As I said in the Senate's debate on this, the issue of tipped employees and minimum wage law has been a perplexing one throughout the history of this game. This is caused as I said by a lack of awareness as to how the system is presently setup and then a lack of understanding on how the impact of changes will likely affect tips going forward. Beyond that point it becomes a question of whether or not one sees the tipped employee situation as desirable or one that should be moved away from. While it opens the door to the possibility of earning more than they would otherwise, it also comes with the risk of earning less than minimum wage. In the past we have had schemes enacted to ensure that they were paid enough cumulative to not fall below the minimum wage.
Anyway, from my personal perspective here I am willing to defer to Congress and their present judgement on the matter, which in the form of the act below, would likely serve to phase out tipped employment for the most part.
