IMPACTS OF THE SUBMINIMUM WAGE FOR TIPPED WORKERS IN PUERTO RICO
- Comms
- Dec 14, 2023
- 1 min read

As a partially self-governing commonwealth, Puerto Rico has a fraught colonial relationship with the United States, granted neither full statehood or independence. While it has a rich and mixed culture with distinctive administrative and legal structures, the United States has imposed upon it an unfortunate legacy of slavery — the subminimum wage for tipped workers
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