HOUSTON, Texas. Currently, if you are a server at a restaurant, your employer is not legally permitted to take your tips. Doing so is a wage violation and is a form of wage theft. However, Trump’s Department of Labor has proposed changing these laws. According to the Washington Post, the U.S. Department of Labor has proposed that employers would soon have the right to make decisions about who gets the tips patrons leave for the front of the house. While some claim that this could potentially balance out the wage gap between cooks and servers, others worry that restaurant owners could now legally keep the tips themselves, essentially denying both servers and cooks money.
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