Imagine. During a pandemic, restaurants are faced with new protocols for staff and customer safety. On top of a shortage of workers.
Add to it that many are struggling to keep the doors open due to a decline in foot traffic (hard to get butts in seats when many are quarantining at home!). I'm sympathetic to the change that has been wrought upon this industry since COVID-19. What I'm less than sympathetic about? Not treating workers respectfully or legally.
A close family member worked at a local restaurant, where she was pleasantly surprised to be offered an hourly wage of $10 per hour. But she came to me one day and mentioned that the owners kept the tips – 100% of them. After months of employment, not receiving a single tip, she was even more surprised when she was handed a $20 directly from a customer and the owner let her keep it. She said that he didn't want to look badly in front of them.
I understand that under federal and Wyoming law, tips belong to the employee. I am also aware that certain instances, however, allow the employer to keep part of a tip ... tip credit (part of the tip goes toward the employer's obligation to pay the minimum wage). Tip sharing or tip pooling. Credit card processing fees. I understand all that – but shouldn't the employee be seeing some of the tip?
Under WY Statute 27-4-507 (through 2012), "(a) Tips and gratuities received by an employee or employees shall be the sole property of such employee or employees and not payable in whole or...
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