Restaurants Use Tips to Cut Labor Costs

Date:

Nok Lek Travel Lifestyle/ShutterstockYou received great service and want to reward your waiter. But your server may not be receiving the entire tip you left. Some restaurants and food establishments are quietly subsidizing their labor costs instead of letting workers keep their tips.But is this legal? Restaurateurs have been legally taking tips to supplement payroll. It’s allowed by the federal government, but some states have changed that. Food-delivery services also have been accused of this practice.Tipped Employees Under the Fair Labor Standards ActThe Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), according to the Department of Labor, allows employers to take a tip credit toward their minimum wage and overtime obligations for tipped employees.

spot_imgspot_imgspot_img

Share post:

More like this
Related

US Services Economy Stays in Expansion in June Despite Mixed Signals

Growth in the U.S. services economy continued in June,...

Lockheed Martin to Acquire Ultra Maritime for $3.45 Billion

Lockheed Martin's logo is displayed at the Eurosatory international...

Jersey Mikes Subs, a Blackstone-Owned Sandwich Franchise, Files for IPO

A sign in front of a Jersey Mike’s Subs...

Xbox Bears the Brunt as Microsoft Opens New Fiscal Year With 4,800 Job Cuts

Microsoft is laying off thousands of employees in a...