This minimum-wage and tips system costs too much
LIQUOR SERVERS will, eventually, make as much in wages as other minimum-wage earners in B.C. and it makes total sense.
Currently, they get only $10.10 an hour, compared to the regular minimum of $11.35. That’s supposed to account for tips, but the provincial government has recognized that not all servers have the same opportunities for tips, so the discrepancy will be phased out over the next few years.
Of course, any time increasing the minimum wage for anybody comes up, employers complain about what it’s going to cost them, and start talking about layoffs.