Ford’s Garage. The Hampton Social. Both are restaurants in metro Orlando that began paying their servers far less than the hourly minimum wage in recent years, sparking protests and questions on online forums like Reddit over whether a restaurant can legally pay a worker as little as a penny per hour. Under state law, most […]
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Poverty or prosperity? Ford’s Garage service charge and 1-cent pay for Orlando servers sparks outcry
More restaurants are turning to a controversial commission-based pay model for servers to manage labor costs.
