Is your boss allowed to take a part of your tips???

[Mr2InSaNe]

I work at a japanese resturant part time and they pay 2.75hrly and tips but they take 50% of the tips. Is this legal??? That is messed up but the money is still good

[81911SC]

Which?

[chrisdavis]

Depends. In some restaurants it is mandatory that the waitsaff "tip out" the bus persons and the cooks

[Mr2InSaNe]

Kani house, but damn thats alot of tips they are taking out of our pool. I didnt think of it as tipping out the cook. I just heard it goes to the boss. And plus the cooks are paid salary.

[SLow_POke]

call dept of labor and find out ;)

[chrisdavis]

Kani house, but damn thats alot of tips they are taking out of our pool. I didnt think of it as tipping out the cook. I just heard it goes to the boss. And plus the cooks are paid salary.


Like I said it depends on the restaurant. Every japanese restaurant that I have eaten at the tip is split between the cook and the server. It is possbile that your boss is taking your money. Me personally I would find out where my money is going.

[2.0civic]

damn 50% of your tips? Fuck that

[Kyle]

I am not sure if its legal, but it's definitely screwed up. I would find another job waiting somewhere else if I were you.

[LiL PaKi]

did you ever get an employee handbook? have you asked any of the co-workers?

[Extrememustang]

Yea call the dept of labor, I had to because my friend was workign at a place and when he went over 40hrs they paid in half time instead of time and a half.

[babowc]

hm..
are you sure the cooks are paid salaries?

I know my brother used to work @ a japanese restaurant as a cook and he was paid hrly + tips.

I dont see how taking the 50% would be legal.. seriously check up on that near your local labor department or something.. thats seriously fucked up if your BOSS is eating the 50%.

Which Kani house??
you know a girl name Jiyoung working there? haha

[Mr2InSaNe]

i work at the mall of Ga kani house.... its my 4th day working there, cant remember all there names :) all FOB... cept me. But yeah I was thinking about going to PF Changs since its like right there and I heard its pretty nice and busy. But I was averaging 160 on weekdays on tips during training and I heard that they only got like 70 bucks at tip out. I didnt get any cause of training...F-ed up

[chrisdavis]

i work at the mall of Ga kani house.... its my 4th day working there, cant remember all there names :) all FOB... cept me. But yeah I was thinking about going to PF Changs since its like right there and I heard its pretty nice and busy. But I was averaging 160 on weekdays on tips during training and I heard that they only got like 70 bucks at tip out. I didnt get any cause of training...F-ed up


Usually servers do not get tipped while training. They should be paying you min. wage while training to compensate for the lack of tips

[_Christian_]

that doesnt seem right to me. your boss is a greedy asshole if he's getting the other 50%

[Mr2InSaNe]

yeah i know i dont get tipped out, but i still keep track of about how much tips i average a day... and its alot for a weekday and weekend are around 200 but the other severs said they never get tipped out over 150

[an0therh22]

my old resturant took 20% of the tips. bitches

[automaniac]

Dawg..I don't think that is legal...and aren't they supposed to be paying you the min. wage instead of 2.75 per hour?

I rec. you look for another part time job...because your boss is just taking your earned money....and you never know if your boss is doing this to you only, so I'd go ahead and ask another worker...

[Tracy]

I have never heard of that. I have been serving tables since I was 13.

[Clegger]

yea man federal minimum wage is like 4.15 an hour, Id check that ish out.

now about your tips..... they can do whatever they want with that

[81911SC]

$5.15 ^

[automaniac]

$5.15 ^

Yea....that's how much I think the fed. min. wage is today.

[Tracy]

$2.13 is average server pay.

[KPowerEP3]

minimum wage is different for tipped employees