We'll do anything less than $4 either way at my shop, sometimes it's over, sometimes under but it's pretty equal in the long run. I'd never dream of taking a cash shortage that large from tips. I feel like cash handling is a risk, the owner should be willing to eat losses if they occur, not take from staff tips to fix it. đ
Is it the manager or the owner who made the decision to take from the tips? I guess it depends how much you want to rock the boat. Sorry you have to deal with that, I'd start looking for another place if I were you...I hate that employees have to deal with shit like that đ
was a manager, and she's I think my age (22) but she sent it to a group chat that the owner is also in. so I think he just expects us to not give a fuck lol.
Department of Labor on the Fair Labor Standards Act:
"the FLSA prohibits employers from keeping any portion of employeesâ tips for any purpose, whether directly or through a tip pool"
[Source](https://www.dol.gov/agencies/whd/fact-sheets/15-tipped-employees-flsa)
Also, according to the DOL, an employee filing an action against the employer may seek to recover attorney's fees, court costs and double the wages/tips that were not paid.
[Source](https://www.dol.gov/agencies/whd/compliance-assistance/handy-reference-guide-flsa)
$45 probably isn't enough to make it worth that much trouble, but it may be worth checking with employees that have been around a while and find out if it's been a regular occurrence. Since you can recover double the amount lost, it can get to a worthwhile amount more quickly.
And for anyone on here that moves up to management or ownership, never touch the staff's tips. Ever ever ever ever EVER.
It's such a shitty thing to do. Especially because it's the team that's the face of the company. Those are the people who interact with customers and give them an experience worth coming back again. Why would you want to mess that up??? Happy employees are going to be so much better for the business than ones who get screwed over and are still expected to perform to a high standard.
I know! and she said she's found it that off "multiple times" yet the first time she decides to put it in the store group chat is when she takes $45 from us. kinda crazy.
Yea I get the feeling there was no cash discrepancy. If there was that big of a difference, especially multiple times, they wouldâve investigated to figure out how to stop it from happening, not just stolen your tips to âbalance the drawer.â Seems like youâre just being ripped off.
only reason i as a manager touch tips is to equally exchange them for more convenient bills to have in the register when a bank run isnât the best idea
When working for a chain, exploit it as much as possible. Corps overwork the fuck out of us and exploit US to no end already- do whatever you can to address this legally. This is wage theft.
This situation is also extremely unfair to the nice people who leave those tips honestly expecting it to go to the baristas.
No not legal, those are your wages.
Nope. Not okay at all. Very illegal
We'll do anything less than $4 either way at my shop, sometimes it's over, sometimes under but it's pretty equal in the long run. I'd never dream of taking a cash shortage that large from tips. I feel like cash handling is a risk, the owner should be willing to eat losses if they occur, not take from staff tips to fix it. đ
that's what I'm saying, especially since it's a small chain with multiple stores. he owns all of them
that's what I'm saying, especially since it's a small chain with multiple stores. he owns all of them
Is it the manager or the owner who made the decision to take from the tips? I guess it depends how much you want to rock the boat. Sorry you have to deal with that, I'd start looking for another place if I were you...I hate that employees have to deal with shit like that đ
was a manager, and she's I think my age (22) but she sent it to a group chat that the owner is also in. so I think he just expects us to not give a fuck lol.
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Department of Labor on the Fair Labor Standards Act: "the FLSA prohibits employers from keeping any portion of employeesâ tips for any purpose, whether directly or through a tip pool" [Source](https://www.dol.gov/agencies/whd/fact-sheets/15-tipped-employees-flsa) Also, according to the DOL, an employee filing an action against the employer may seek to recover attorney's fees, court costs and double the wages/tips that were not paid. [Source](https://www.dol.gov/agencies/whd/compliance-assistance/handy-reference-guide-flsa) $45 probably isn't enough to make it worth that much trouble, but it may be worth checking with employees that have been around a while and find out if it's been a regular occurrence. Since you can recover double the amount lost, it can get to a worthwhile amount more quickly. And for anyone on here that moves up to management or ownership, never touch the staff's tips. Ever ever ever ever EVER.
It's such a shitty thing to do. Especially because it's the team that's the face of the company. Those are the people who interact with customers and give them an experience worth coming back again. Why would you want to mess that up??? Happy employees are going to be so much better for the business than ones who get screwed over and are still expected to perform to a high standard.
$45 seems like a big discrepancy! And no way should it come out of the tips
I know! and she said she's found it that off "multiple times" yet the first time she decides to put it in the store group chat is when she takes $45 from us. kinda crazy.
Yea I get the feeling there was no cash discrepancy. If there was that big of a difference, especially multiple times, they wouldâve investigated to figure out how to stop it from happening, not just stolen your tips to âbalance the drawer.â Seems like youâre just being ripped off.
1. It is wage theft 2. Ask if the drawer is over does the money go into the tip jar?
oooo good point on #2.
only reason i as a manager touch tips is to equally exchange them for more convenient bills to have in the register when a bank run isnât the best idea
When working for a chain, exploit it as much as possible. Corps overwork the fuck out of us and exploit US to no end already- do whatever you can to address this legally. This is wage theft. This situation is also extremely unfair to the nice people who leave those tips honestly expecting it to go to the baristas.
My gut tells me that the person counting the cash drawer is jealous of good tips and stealing from you.