Stealing Your Tips

Posted by Thor on January 24th, 2008 8 Comments

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C-Ville reports that a former employee of Milan is suing its owners for taking his tips as well as failing to pay overtime. OOOPs.

In the article, Tim Freilich explains:

Charlottesville diners have the reasonable expectation that when we leave a tip for our server, the server is going to get it. Many workers in the service industry work long, thankless hours, and we need to make sure they are at least being properly compensated for their efforts.

[via C-Ville Weekly]

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8 Responses to “Stealing Your Tips”

  1. 24 Jan 2008 at 9:01 am1hazyview said:

    sigh….time to find another favorite indian restaurant. Or not? innocent until proven guilty, right?

  2. 24 Jan 2008 at 9:21 am2Silmo Syrup said:

    To tie together two threads:

    What is the proper tip if you buy two drinks with cash over the course of 30 minutes, if that bartender’s tips are going to be stolen by his boss?

  3. 24 Jan 2008 at 9:23 am3Floozy said:

    SS…LOL

  4. 24 Jan 2008 at 9:36 am4caroline said:

    silm, flooze, open thread?

  5. 24 Jan 2008 at 9:42 am5Gobbler said:

    I’d like to know the reasons behind the confiscation of the tips. If they were collected to be dispersed evenly among all the staff, I have less objection to it. Especially if that was declared at the hiring. If the owner was just pocketing the tips… he is a very bad man.

  6. 24 Jan 2008 at 12:06 pm6Elizabeth said:

    Would this have anything to do with the friendly cheerful service at Milan, I wonder?

  7. 24 Jan 2008 at 12:19 pm7MC gillicudy said:

    mmm… i don’t think any servers get paid overtime. most get paid a whopping 2.13/hr. (plus tips-tipout) but certainly no overtime.

  8. 27 Jan 2008 at 12:49 pm8cVillain » Blog Archive » The Week in Review: 1/21/2007 to 1/27/2007 said:

    […] Careful about those tips [your employer may steal them] […]

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