What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? California
Hello, I’m currently a server for a restaurant in Los Angeles, California. The practice of tipping out support staff (bartenders and bussers) is common practice in theindustry and the law has guidelines for these. In California I believe the law states the staff can decide what they want to tip out and managers are allowed to enforce the agreed upon percentages. It all seems fairly vague and generally managers stay away from the subject and disputes between employees for this reason. At the place I'm currently employed managers were asking servers to give 2 dollars for every hour they worked and label the envelope "kitchen". When they were asked what the money was for when we were told to give the money was "to help out the guys in the kitchen." Everyone acquiesced because the guys in the kitchen work very hard and do a good job. I later found out that this cash my employers were taking was actually being used by the company to pay for uniforms and equipment for our kitchen staff. Stuff like chef's shirts, pants and shoes. This seemed illegal that employers would tell us we had to give up cash at the end of every shift to pay for general restaurant expenses under the guise that we were sharing with kitchen staff. Is this illegal and if so what agency would I report it to? Across the entire server staff this would amount to tens of thousands of dollars. Any more info on the subject would be very helpful! Thank you so much!
Hello, I’m currently a server for a restaurant in Los Angeles, California. The practice of tipping out support staff (bartenders and bussers) is common practice in theindustry and the law has guidelines for these. In California I believe the law states the staff can decide what they want to tip out and managers are allowed to enforce the agreed upon percentages. It all seems fairly vague and generally managers stay away from the subject and disputes between employees for this reason. At the place I'm currently employed managers were asking servers to give 2 dollars for every hour they worked and label the envelope "kitchen". When they were asked what the money was for when we were told to give the money was "to help out the guys in the kitchen." Everyone acquiesced because the guys in the kitchen work very hard and do a good job. I later found out that this cash my employers were taking was actually being used by the company to pay for uniforms and equipment for our kitchen staff. Stuff like chef's shirts, pants and shoes. This seemed illegal that employers would tell us we had to give up cash at the end of every shift to pay for general restaurant expenses under the guise that we were sharing with kitchen staff. Is this illegal and if so what agency would I report it to? Across the entire server staff this would amount to tens of thousands of dollars. Any more info on the subject would be very helpful! Thank you so much!
