There’s no reason to do nothing while we wait for perfect. We can make incremental improvements in people’s lives without compromising doing even better in the future.
The main difference between Harris proposing this and T**** proposing it is that Harris might actually do it, while we all know T**** will just talk about it. It will always be two weeks away.
Right now, employees and employers are both incentivized to under-report tips, so there’s a bit of a Prisoner’s Dilemma going on that keeps workers shy about reporting full tip value. That opens the door for employers to skim tips. If there’s no disincentive for workers to report full tip value, it makes it harder for employers to skim because now workers can be completely honest about their tips and report employers who steal tips. Maybe not 100%, but a lot more often.
