Verdict: Restaurant’s Tip Pooling Arrangement Does Not Violate FLSA

Many restaurants require servers to participate in a “tip pooling” arrangement. This policy requires tipped employees to share a portion of their tips with host employees, bussers, or kitchen staff. A new decision from the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals refused to declare standard tip pooling arrangements as a violation of the minimum wage provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act. [...]

Waitress Tips Make a Difference

When we go out to eat we often take the waitress for granted. We want her to be doing all she can to help us enjoy our meal. While we are visiting and eating though she… [...]

Lawmakers mull bills to freeze minimum wage for wait staff -and everyone else

Rachel Conn, 27, is a waitress in Helena. She makes $1,100 a month and has $900 in monthly expenses. That leaves her $200 spending money a month, although “spending” in this case… [...]

Economy impacts tipping

Tips anyone? From Hattiesburg American Article published Mar 28, 2008

HAIR ISN’T THE ONLY THING being trimmed at Head Bangers The Salon in Pendleton, Ind. Customers searching for ways to fight high gas and food prices are doing some trimming of their own – in tips.

“Even the regulars are cutting back,” stylist Joanna [...]

Restaurant chain drops plan taking credit-card fees out of tips

Restaurant chain drops plan taking credit-card fees out of tips By The Associated Press

LITTLE ROCK – A restaurant chain owning Bonefish Grill, Carraba’s Italian Grill and Outback Steakhouse says it has dropped a new policy that would have taken some credit card processing fees out of waiters’ tips in Arkansas.

OSI Restaurant Partners [...]