• k0e3@lemmy.ca
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    19 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?

    • gonzo-rand19@moist.catsweat.com
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      19 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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        19 days ago

        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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            19 days ago

            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.