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Emmer: Count worker tips in Minn. minimum wage
- Article by: Associated Press
- Updated: July 5, 2010 - 12:37 PM
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ST. PAUL, Minn. - Republican gubernatorial candidate Tom Emmer says Minnesota should factor tips into the hourly pay for minimum wage workers in restaurants and other gratuity-based jobs.
After visiting a St. Paul restaurant Monday on a listening tour, Emmer advocated for a so-called "tip credit" to the state minimum wage.
Minnesota is among seven states that currently prohibits employers paying workers less than the minimum wage if they earn tips, according to the U.S. Department of Labor.
Minnesota has a state minimum wage of $5.25 for small employers and $6.15 for large employers, based on annual sales.
Emmer says tying base pay to tips will "level playing field so the employers can continue to exist, survive and thrive."
Federal law permits states to drop the minimum wage to tipped employees to $2.13 per hour.
Opponents argue tips are too volatile to count on, especially for workers at the bottom of the pay ladder.
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