Michael Regilio
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2,071 appearances
9 recordings
1 series
first heard Nov 2024
last heard 12 Jul
Michael Regilio’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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But as far as people working for nothing, in 1938, as part of the New Deal, the United States government established the first ever federal minimum wage of 25 cents an hour, mandating that all employees in the United States had to be paid at least 25 cents an hour.
So people couldn't work for free anymore?
No, because they literally excluded people who work from tips from the bill.
They wrote it into the law that people who work for tips didn't need to make an hourly wage.
Kind of.
That is to say they're receiving a paycheck, but sometimes it's zero dollars.
Again, trust me, I know I've received a bunch of them.
No, it's not even close.
And it's called the tipped minimum wage.
And that came about after a century of paying tip workers nothing.
In 1966, the federal government actually stepped in and created the official sub-minimum wage for tipped workers.
That is to say, a minimum wage for people who earn tips.
Now people waiting tables...
had to be paid at least 62 cents an hour.
And that's why, in 1996, the federal government raised the sub-minimum wage to $2.13 an hour.
Wow.
Well, guess what?
Because that's where the federal subminimum wage has remained ever since.
Wait, it's still $2.13 an hour in 2026?
Yep, still $2.13 an hour.
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