Tipping is controversial for many reasons. One of these reasons is the unfairness between front and back of the house employees. The Department of Labor forbids employers from forcing employees to share tips with back of the house workers. In 2015 this ruling was contradicted and it was found to be fair for tips to be redistributed with non-tipped employees. With minimum wage standards slowly rising the divide between wages made by the front of the house employees and the back of house continues to increase. The people serving the food and seating customers are making much more money than the people preparing the food and cleaning up.

Read more: Bridging the divide: Tip pooling and wage inequality