(PCM) Restaurant patrons in the town of Stillwater, Minnesota are up in arms about the $0.35 minimum wage that has been added to their food bills. Many have already taken to social media to voice their concerns and outrage.
The Oasis restaurant claims that the $0.35 charge to the customers bill is to offset the cost of an increased minimum wage for tipped employees. The restaurant owners claim that the new pay increase is costing them more than $10,000 a year.
The owners go on to tell the CBS news station in Minnesota that “if the state would pass a tip credit, like 43 other states have done, than there would be no issue at all”.
Many of the posts on the restaurants Facebook page accuse them of political grandstanding and feel they are placing the blame squarely on the government for attempting to create a fair minimum wage, as well as, standard of living.
The owners of The Oasis claim that all they are trying to do is shine a light onto this matter and are doing what is best for their business and their employees.
What do you think? Is the minimum wage fee a fair charge?
