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The employer should. But wage theft in the US costs workers around a billion dollars a year, and low paid workers suffer the most.

So I personally wouldn’t rely on that mechanism to ensure staff got paid properly.

When I worked in food service 20 years ago, it was common practice to fire anyone who asked management to make up the difference regularly.

Or else they might experience poverty and/or overwork.

their employer wants you to think that - more money for them

Just curious how you cogitate it?

social pressure makes customers pay more money, same goes for prices that seem lower than they are (prices on menus); less taxes

How do you personally handle tipping, in a restaurant where you know the owner is paying $tiny/hr?

What are the cognitive steps you go through to derive your tipping behaviour in each instance?