San Antonio employment lawyer Rob Wiley represents employees who have problems with their tips.
Even though the minimum wage is $7.25 per hour, employers may pay employees who receive over $20 per month in tips only $2.13 an hour, as long as the tips received bring the employee’s pay over $7.25 an hour.
Sometimes employers use “tip pools” in which employee tips are pooled together and then distributed among employees. Tip pools can dramatically decrease the amount of tips earned by waitresses, waiters, and bartenders.
The rules regarding tip pools are strict and complicated. Anyone with a management function and those who do not usually receive tips—ex. cooks, dishwashers, janitors—are prohibited from participation in a tip pool. An employee who participated in an invalid tip pool are generally entitled to significant damages from his or her employer.
San Antonio employment lawyer Rob Wiley represents individuals who have participated in invalid tip pools.
If you are having any problems with your tips, please San Antonio employment lawyer Rob Wiley.
