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Questions on Tips & Tip Laws in California

What are tips and when should they be paid?

A tip is money a customer leaves for an employee over the amount due for the goods sold or services rendered. Tips belong to the employee, not to the employer. If a customer tips on a credit card, the tip must be paid to the employee no later than the next regular payday following the date the patron authorized the credit card payment. Employers can not take any credit card processing fees from the tips.

California Tip Laws: Can I be forced to share my tips?

The answer is yes and no. Under California law, "involuntary tip pools" are permitted where the tips are shared with the personnel who provide the services for tips. For example, in a restaurant, this includes everyone who provide "direct table service", i.e. waiters and waitresses, busboys, bartenders, host/hostesses and maitre d's.

The most controversial aspect of tipping is when supervisors and owners share in the tip pools. This practice is not legal. Supervisors and owners cannot share in tip pools and tip pooling cannot be used to compensate the owner, manager, or supervisor of the business under any circumstances.

Your employer can neither take your tips (or any part of them), nor deduct money from your wages because of the tips you earn. Furthermore, your employer cannot credit your tips against the money the employer owes you.

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Harris & Kaufman is a California law firm that's dedicated to representing employees in disputes against their employers to do with arbitration in California. Our California labor lawyers also represent employees and workers in wage disputes, overtime pay, vacation pay, unlawful termination, rest and meal period cases, sexual harassment, workplace discrimination, and cases regarding tips and tip pooling. Our lawyers can assist you if you believe that your employer has broken the California Labor Laws.

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We can assist you with a wide variety of workplace disputes to do with the California pay laws. We are aggressive and experienced lawyers and can help enforce your rights under California state law or state regulations. Based in Sherman Oaks, California we serve greater Los Angeles, Orange County, Ventura County and have cases statewide.


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