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

High Schools Increasingly Expected to Teach Students About Money Management

Millions of K–12 students start the 2026–2027 academic year...

After Trade Talks Collapse, Trump Says Canada Was Seeking Benefits of Being a State

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney and Dominic LeBlanc, Minister...

US, Iran Dig In on Positions During Strait Stand-Off

Washington is ramping up economic pressure on Tehran, with...

$20,000 Doesnt Buy What It Used to in the Used Car Market: Reports

The used-car market that once offered relatively affordable options...