CAN MY MANAGER TAKE FROM THE TIP POOL?
If you are a CA employee, it is against the law for your employer or manager or supervisor to take your tips for him or herself. Managers, and others in like supervisory positions, are not supposed to share in the collective tip pool. For example, a group of waiters, busboys, servers, and food runners recently filed a lawsuit against their employer, a restaurant, alleging that they were forced to put tips in a collective pool that paid gratuities to managers who kept money for themselves and distributed some to other workers who weren't supposed to get tips.
A tip pool is created by the legal practice of allowing employees to share tips. While California law enables your employer to create a shared tip pool, CA law bans your employer from receiving any portion of the tips. If you pool your tips and have questions about where the money is going, an experienced employment attorney can help you. Common tip-pooling jobs include restaurant servers, hairdressers, and estheticians, to name a few.
If you work in California and you feel your tips are not being properly divided, don't allow your employer to take advantage of you. Call the knowledgeable legal team of Greenberg & Rudman LLP at 1-800-252-9776 (1-800-ALAWPRO) now. You will receive a free consultation regarding your legal rights and hear how we may be able to help you. Your call is completely confidential. You can also check out our website at www.discriminationattorney.com for more information.
