QUADRA ISLAND—A pod of orcas surprised a group of friends visiting Quadra Island, British Columbia, last weekend, appearing metres from where they stood on the waterline of Moulds Bay. The shore−skimming encounter prompted one marine mammal expert to warn that observers should not to get too close to such behaviour. “They’re on the hunt. We […]
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Few noticed, but Congress just banned restaurants from skimming tips
March 25th, 2018 Awake Goy
Late last year, the Department of Labor proposed a rule that would have authorized restaurants to share tips between servers and cooks. That would allow employers to keep some tip money for themselves, as long as each worker made at least the full federal minimum wage of $7.25 an hour. Workers’ rights groups argued the rule […]