Is Your Employer In Compliance With California’s Tip Law?

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Is Your Employer In Compliance With Californias
Tip Law?
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Many employees in California rely on tips as part
of their income. If you are among them, then you
know that tips are very important to making ends
meet. Waiters, waitresses, house cleaners,
bartenders, delivery drivers, bellhops and cab
drivers are all professions that customarily
count on tips to make up the shortfall left by
their hourly wages. Most tipped jobs are
low-paying to start with, which makes it almost
unbelievable that some unscrupulous employers try
to circumvent the states tip laws. But it
happens, and it happens often. If your employer
is not in compliance with Californias tip laws,
then you may have grounds for a claim against
your employer.
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Tips Belong To Employees, Not Employers
Labor laws in California are cut and dry when it
comes to tipping. Employers are forbidden from
keeping any portion of gratuities for employees
or sharing in any tips left by customers for
employees. The legal definition of a tip in
California is money that is left by a customer
in an amount that exceeds the amount due for
goods or services. It can also include presents
and gifts, so long as the customer does not have
an obligation to give them. Simply put tips
belong to employees, and employers have no right
to them. Tips are not part of the wages that
you receive for your job. California law says
that employers must pay you the legal minimum
wage, and employers cannot deduct tips from the
minimum wage that is required to be paid.
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Tip Pooling
The practice of tip pooling is legal in the state
of California. This is the practice of putting
all of the tips received by all employees into a
pool that is divided among all employees.
California employers can impose a tip pool, even
if employees dont agree. However, tip pools are
only legal when certain employees providing
services share in the pool. For example, in a
food service setting, wait staff, bartenders,
bussers, and hosts might share in a pool.
Dishwashers, cashiers, and cooks would not, since
they are not performing the same type of
service. Supervisors, managers and employers must
not be part of the pool. Tips in the pool must
also be distributed in a reasonable and fair
fashion. The Dept. of Labor Standards
Enforcement in California suggests that a
reasonable way to distribute tips in the
above-described pool would be to give 80 percent
of tips to wait staff, 15 percent to bussers and
5 percent to bartending staff.
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Are You Getting Your Tips?
If your employer has violated Californias
tipping laws, then Rager Law wants to know.
Reach out to Employment Law Attorney Los Angeles
now to speak with Jeffrey Rager compassionate
and knowledgeable team at 310-527-6994.
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