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Tip Pooling
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Wage and Hour Defense Blog
Tip Pools and Mandatory Service Charges – Wage and Hour Class Actions Continue to Target Hospitality Employers
By EPSTEIN BECKER & GREEN, P.C.
Another luxury New York hotel is the latest target in a constant stream of wage and hour class actions against the hotel and restaurant industry challenging the industry's practices relating…
Wage and Hour Defense Blog
Tip Pool May Include Employees Not Customarily Tipped If No Tip Credit is Taken
By EPSTEIN BECKER & GREEN, P.C.
In a landmark decision upholding the validity of the employer's mandatory tip pool, on February 23, 2010, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued its opinion in…
California Employment Law Update
Tip-Pooling Is Not Prohibited Under FLSA
By Tony Oncidi
Cumbie v. Woody Woo, Inc., 596 F.3d 577 (2010) Misty Cumbie worked as a waitress at the Vita Café (owned and operated by Woody Woo, Inc.). Woo required its servers…
Employment & Labor
Ninth Circuit Clarifies When Non-Tipped Employees May Participate In Tip Pools
In case of first impression for it, the Ninth Circuit clarified the validity of tip pools under the Fair Labor Standards Act ("FLSA") where the tip pool includes employees who…
Labor & Employment Law Blog
Ninth Circuit Clarifies When Non-Tipped Employees May Participate In Tip Pools
In case of first impression for it, the Ninth Circuit clarified the validity of tip pools under the Fair Labor Standards Act ("FLSA") where the tip pool includes employees who…
California Employment Law Report
CA Supreme Court denies review in Starbucks tip pooling case
The California Supreme Court denied review of a lower appellate court decision in the class action of Chau v. Starbucks. The issue in the case is whether store managers, who…
California Employment Law Update
Court Overturns $86 Million Judgment Awarded In Favor Of Starbucks Baristas
By Tony Oncidi
Chau v. Starbucks Corp., 174 Cal. App. 4th 688 (2009) Jou Chau, a former Starbucks “barista,” brought a class action against the company, challenging Starbucks’ policy of permitting shift supervisors…
San Antonio Employment Law Blog
Court Rules Tips Should be Shared
You're a waiter. Do you split your tips with the bussers? How about with shift supervisors? In a recent decision, the California appeals court found that the public expects the…
California Employment Law Update
California Court of Appeal Reverses $105m Judgment In Starbucks Case and Clarifies Permissible Tip-Allocation Practices
By Proskauer Employment Law Group
The California Court of Appeal has issued an important decision that has significant implications for California employers that have tip-sharing arrangements for their employees. In Chau v. Starbucks Corp., 2009…
World of Employment
Starbucks Obtains Reversal of $105 Million “Tip Sharing” Case
Just over a year ago, we reported about a $105 million California verdict in favor of Starbucks baristas who were required to pool their tips with supervisors. As you might…