The minimum wage for tipped employees will be $5.75 per hour effective Jan. 1, which is half the minimum wage for non-tipped employees. Wages and tips combined must equal at least the minimum wage.
The last time the federal minimum wage was raised was in 2009, when it was changed from $5.15 to $7.25 an hour. The minimum wage in California, Harris’s home state, is $16. In Florida ...