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Tip Sharing
Tip Sharing Highlights
- Most wait staff make $2.17 per hour plus tips.
- Federal law states that only certain employees can share in the tip pool- customarily those who interact with customers- like bussers and host folk.
- It is a federal offense to be made to share tips with management.
- Restaurants guilty of tip-sharing can lose their exemption to paying minimum wage and have to pay the difference between restaurant rate and minimum wage, going back two years.
About Tip Sharing
Working for tips is not a glamorous gig, and you have the right to keep most of the money you earn. Certainly there are co-workers who deserve a percentage of your take- typically those who help you out on the floor like your busser or the hostess. But a line cook, dishwasher or manager?
It can be costly for restaurants involved in tip-sharing scam. Many plantiffs have been awarded the difference between restaurant pay and the current minimum wage- more than $5 per hour - retroactive for at least two years!
If you have been coerced into sharing your hard earned tips with “back-of-the-house” co-workers or management you may be entitled to a cash settlement. Please complete the form and one of our attorneys will contact you or call 1-800-LAW-FIRM now.
Being forced to share tips with certain co-workers is against federal law - and if you are being made to do so, you can do something about it. Start by calling 1-800-LAW-FIRM to be connected to with an energetic, skilled lawyer who specializes in employment law and class action lawsuits.
The Worker's Bill of Rights
- The Right to Overtime Pay at One and a Half Times Hourly Rate After 40 Hours
- The Right to Not be Required to Share Your Tips With Management
- The Right to be Free from Discrimination, Racial, Age, Gender or Otherwise
- The Right to be Free from Retaliation for Filing a Claim Against an Employer
- The Right to Earn at Least Minimum Wage
- The Right to be Paid for Time to Put on Special Safety Gear
- The Right to be Free from Harassment, Sexual or Otherwise
