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Top Five Items California Employers Need To Know About Tips
1) Who owns a tip? California law is clear that voluntary tips left for an employee for goods sold or services performed belong to the employee, not the employer. Labor Code section 351 provides, “No...
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Five tips about tips under California law
Today’s Friday’s Five provides a few points for employers to consider who have employees that receive gratuities. California law is very specific regarding gratuities left for employees, and since tips...
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Five wage deductions California employers cannot make
1) Gratuities All tips are the employee’s property, and cannot be taken by the employer. Labor Code section 350 states unequivocally that “Every gratuity is hereby declared to be the sole...
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Uber class action certified, five takeaways for California employers
This week, a federal court in northern California certified portions of a class action brought by Uber drivers who worked in California since 2009 (click here for the decision [PDF]). Over 160,000...
View ArticleUpdate: Top five things to know about tips and tip pooling under California law
In a huge development in the last couple of weeks, a change in federal law now permits California employers to include back of the house employees in tip pools. This week’s post is an update and a...
View ArticleRecent case provides five reminders about tip pools under California law
Plaintiff Jacob Davis brought a putative class action against International Coffee and Tea, LLC (the company that operates Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf) alleging that the company’s tip pooling policy...
View ArticleCase Holds Mandatory Service Charge May Be A Gratuity That Must Be...
In O’Grady v. Merchant Exchange Productions, Inc., the California Court of Appeals held that a mandatory service charge could potentially be found to be a gratuity that must be distributed to service...
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Five wage deductions California employers cannot make
1) Gratuities All tips are the employee’s property, and cannot be taken by the employer. Labor Code section 350 states unequivocally that “Every gratuity is hereby declared to be the sole...
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Uber class action certified, five takeaways for California employers
This week, a federal court in northern California certified portions of a class action brought by Uber drivers who worked in California since 2009 (click here for the decision [PDF]). Over 160,000...
View ArticleUpdate: Top five things to know about tips and tip pooling under California law
In a huge development in the last couple of weeks, a change in federal law now permits California employers to include back of the house employees in tip pools. This week’s post is an update and a...
View ArticleTips and Tip Pools In California
By Pooja Patel and Anthony Zaller An issue that constantly plagues the service industry is what to do about tips and the challenges that come with mandated tip pooling and mandatory service charges....
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