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s0nicfan posted...

Antifar posted...

The proposed Department of Labor rule would allow business owners to require tipped employees to pool their tipssupposedly to benefit employees who generally dont receive tips, like kitchen staff, and to help companies retain these low-wage workers. But the proposed rule also rescinds regulations that restrict employer use of customer tips when the employer pays at least the full federal minimum wage, so while employers could use those pooled tips to increase their kitchen staffs pay, the rule doesnt prohibit employers from simply pocketing those pooled tips.

I don't see how we get from this to tip theft. Saying a business can require tip pooling isn't a big deal since a lot of restaurants already do this. I assume they're arguing that the employer will use the tip jar to bump everyone up to minimum wage, and then pocket the rest?

No, because these new regulations apply only to employers already paying the full minimum wage, and not the "tipped" minimum.

This came up about a week or two ago already.