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I think minimum pay is a lot lower in USA than Western Europe?
You don't tip at a cafe or ordinary restaurant here in Ireland.
The legal minimum Adult wage is €11.30 per hour, which is about $12.30 today, but mostly it's places like McDonalds that pay as poorly as that.
But there is certainly an issue on working conditions. However some call centres are also poor on toilet breaks and paying minimum wage.
The Irish minimum living wage is higher and most employers pay more or commit to that as a minimum rather than the legal minimum wage. A national living wage will replace the national minimum wage from 2026. In January 2023 the minimum living wage is thought to be €13.85 per hour, about $15 per hour today.
Also so called "Zero hours" contracts may now be illegal.
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