• gonzo-rand19@moist.catsweat.com
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    25 days ago

    There is a “server wage” that is less than the minimum wage if you are not a server. Similar to the “youth wage” that is less than the minimum wage for an adult doing the same job.

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      25 days ago

      I can’t make sense out of this at all. How can you be paid a server wage when you’re not a server? How is the minimum wage a minimum if it can get lower? Am I just being pedantic?

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        25 days ago

        It’s not if you aren’t a server, I was making a direct comparison between the minimum wage for servers and the minimum wage for non-servers.

        There are many exemptions from the federal minimum wage in Canada, the ones I raised are just 2 of them. Temporary foreign workers and agricultural workers are also exempt, for example.

        You could always look it up if you want to know more, it’s public information.

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          But it seems like server wages were abolished.

          That previous standard practice was abolished in 2022, Canada-wide. Now, all servers make at least the provincial minimum wage.

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              Also, even when server wages were a thing pre 2022, they were within a dollar of minimum wage Canada wide. It wasn’t the $2/h Americans have, it was $16 instead of $17.