I have been with a company for 4 years. I started off making $4.50 an hour plus tips. If you haven't guessed yet, I work at a restaurant. Tips are based on a percentage of the servers sales. So usually I would make my $4.50, plus about 15 extra with my tips. So over the past couple years I got a few raises. Which brought me up to $6.25 plus my tips. Well we got a new General Manager and he felt that I was making too much money between my hourly salary and my tips. So he said I can either make $6.85, which was after the minimum wage law passed which is $6.85, but I would not get tips, or I could go back down to $4.50 an hour and make tips. I told him I would take the $6.85, but I don't thats fair to cut me off from the tips. Thats how you treat a dedicated employee? Should I contact the labor law union? I really appreciate any input.
2007-05-24 23:36:59 · 3 answers · asked by Chevyguy019 2 in Business & Finance ➔ Small Business
Do you actually get the tips the customers leave for you? I wouldn't think so if your tips are based on your food sales. I don't know if it is legal for him to do that to you. When I leave a tip in a restaurant I expect that the server will get the entire amount, not what the employer wants to give him/her. There are federal wage laws and state wage laws, so you will need to contact someone in your state and find out if this is legal.
He is not treating you fairly. Who is he to decide that you make too just because you are a good server? If you decide to leave you can tell him that he is jerk (for me).
2007-05-24 23:46:20 · answer #1 · answered by Patti C 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't know either if there is a law regarding that but you can probably check with your local Labor board. I agree that when I leave a tip I'm assuming it goes to the server. I base my tip off of service. I'd be mad if I found out the restaurant was keeping the tip! I think I'd go find another restaurant to work at. He's a cheap skate who doesn't appreciate that you are obviously a good employee.
2007-05-25 02:04:07 · answer #2 · answered by jkc 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
From what I have heard as long as you get minimum wage you have no case the tips should at least get divided up by the busboys and whoever else usually get them .i have heard of bosses paying minimum wage putting 18% mandatory tips on bills and pocketing the tips, so most bosses stink
2007-05-25 13:21:24 · answer #3 · answered by wondering 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋