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Tip Pooling
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Wage and Hour Defense Blog
California Court of Appeals Overturns $87 Million Award Against Starbucks in Tip-Pooling Class Action
By EPSTEIN BECKER & GREEN, P.C.
by Michael Kun How quickly can $87 million go up in smoke? Pretty darned quickly, especially if you are referring to the $87 million that was awarded to plaintiffs and…
California Employment Law Update
Mandatory Tip Pool Was Legal But Shift Managers Could Not Share In Tips
By Tony Oncidi
Grodensky v. Artichoke Joe’s Casino, 171 Cal. App. 4th 1399 (2009) Card dealer Harvey Grodensky filed a putative class action challenging a mandatory tip-pooling policy that Artichoke Joe’s Casino had…
California Employment Law Report
“Direct Table Service” Is Not Required For Employees Participating In Tip Pools: Budrow v. Dave & Buster’s
California restaurateurs received a huge victory from the Second District appellate court's ruling in Budrow v. Dave & Buster’s Of California, Inc. The lawsuit against Dave & Buster’s alleged that…
California Employment Law Report
Etheridge v. Reins International: Employees Who Do Not Provide Direct Table Service May Still Participate In Tip-Pools
Another California Court of appeal ruled on the issue of tip-pooling in California. In Etheridge v. Reins International California, Inc., the court held that employees who do not provide “direct table…
Texas Employment Law Update
Houston Jury Finds Restaurant Tip Pool was Unlawful
Most wage and hour lawsuits in Texas focus on an employer's alleged misclassification of an employee as exempt from overtime. However, a recent jury verdict from a federal court in Houston teaches that…
California Employment Law Report
Basic Law On Tip Pools
California law treats “tips” (defined as any discretionary gratuity left by a customer for a server) as a strange kind of compensation -- which may belong to the employee who…
Employment & Labor
Baristas of the world unite …. Starbucks ordered to pay $100 million for sharing tips with shift supervisors
By Ken Shigley
Once again, reality is stranger than fiction. You just can't make this stuff up. San Diego Superior Court Judge Patricia Cowett has ordered Starbucks to pay its California baristas (coffee…
California Employment Law Update
Restaurant’s Tip-Pooling Policy Violated California Law
By Tony Oncidi
Jameson v. Five Feet Restaurant, Inc., 107 Cal. App. 4th 138 (2003) Karla Jameson, a former server at Five Feet Restaurant, sued the restaurant for sexual harassment, retaliation, and unpaid…