Comments on: Forcing Tipped Employees To Claim More Is Illegal http://teachtheboss.com/2007/business/forcing-tipped-employees-to-claim-more-is-illegal/ Realworld Management From The School Of Hard Knocks Tue, 02 Mar 2010 08:29:08 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Ron Pemberton › links for 2007-09-18 http://teachtheboss.com/2007/business/forcing-tipped-employees-to-claim-more-is-illegal/comment-page-1/#comment-120 Ron Pemberton › links for 2007-09-18 Tue, 13 Jan 2009 09:31:32 +0000 http://teachtheboss.com/2007/risk-management/forcing-tipped-employees-to-claim-more-is-illegal/#comment-120 [...] Forcing Tipped Employees To Claim More Is Illegal | Teach The Boss (tags: business, management, work, career) Bookmark Post To: [...] [...] Forcing Tipped Employees To Claim More Is Illegal | Teach The Boss (tags: business, management, work, career) Bookmark Post To: [...]

]]> By: K Martin http://teachtheboss.com/2007/business/forcing-tipped-employees-to-claim-more-is-illegal/comment-page-1/#comment-113 K Martin Sat, 27 Dec 2008 03:31:07 +0000 http://teachtheboss.com/2007/risk-management/forcing-tipped-employees-to-claim-more-is-illegal/#comment-113 My daughter worked for a restaurant that insisted their employees claim at least 12% of their register sales as tip income. They also made them pay for any "walked" tickets. Recently, after having to do her "tip out" plus pay for a walked ticket, she only made about 6% of her register sales. When she said that was what she was claiming, her manager told her she would report 12% of her sales as income or she was fired. When she refused to claim 12%, they fired her. What is her recourse? Who does she report these people to? We live in Texas. My daughter worked for a restaurant that insisted their employees claim at least 12% of their register sales as tip income. They also made them pay for any "walked" tickets. Recently, after having to do her "tip out" plus pay for a walked ticket, she only made about 6% of her register sales. When she said that was what she was claiming, her manager told her she would report 12% of her sales as income or she was fired. When she refused to claim 12%, they fired her. What is her recourse? Who does she report these people to? We live in Texas.

]]> By: Orlando Calderon http://teachtheboss.com/2007/business/forcing-tipped-employees-to-claim-more-is-illegal/comment-page-1/#comment-101 Orlando Calderon Sat, 11 Oct 2008 21:01:32 +0000 http://teachtheboss.com/2007/risk-management/forcing-tipped-employees-to-claim-more-is-illegal/#comment-101 My name is Orlando Calderon. I work at chili's sawgrass and on my W4 I claimed 0. (All cash tips- NO Taxs taken out). So my minimum wage should be 6.79, but the managers changed my claim on my form from 0 to 1 with out my knowlage so actually i'm getting payed 3.77 as my minimum wage. I copyed my W4 form that they changed, and filled out A new W4. Know they still tell me that, claim(1-?) or no claim (0), my Cash tips are taxed either way. Know I have A Question? Do you have, or know of any LEGAL DOCUMENTS that you can SEND ME that states, (cash tiped employee that claim 0 on their W4 dont have taxs tacken out of their cash tips). Anything that you send me would be really helpful. Thank you for your time! My name is Orlando Calderon.
I work at chili's sawgrass and on my W4 I claimed 0. (All cash tips- NO Taxs taken out). So my minimum wage should be 6.79, but the managers changed my claim on my form from 0 to 1 with out my knowlage so actually i'm getting payed 3.77 as my minimum wage. I copyed my W4 form that they changed, and filled out A new W4. Know they still tell me that, claim(1-?) or no claim (0), my Cash tips are taxed either way. Know I have A Question? Do you have, or know of any LEGAL DOCUMENTS that you can SEND ME that states, (cash tiped employee that claim 0 on their W4 dont have taxs tacken out of their cash tips). Anything that you send me would be really helpful.
Thank you for your time!

]]> By: Ron Pemberton http://teachtheboss.com/2007/business/forcing-tipped-employees-to-claim-more-is-illegal/comment-page-1/#comment-99 Ron Pemberton Mon, 01 Sep 2008 08:28:20 +0000 http://teachtheboss.com/2007/risk-management/forcing-tipped-employees-to-claim-more-is-illegal/#comment-99 In no state can an employer tell you how much to claim - in either a percentage or dollar amount. Giving the manager the 'benefit of the doubt' - that person is only doing what he/she been led to do. If your actual tips combined with your wage doesn't add up to the present minimum wage, then the company has to pay you the difference. They don't want to do this, and thus, persuade their managers to have employees claim more.The manager is only looking at something on the computer and trying to make the numbers match up - as trained. Please read the response above that I gave to the first commenter. Best Regards In no state can an employer tell you how much to claim – in either a percentage or dollar amount. Giving the manager the 'benefit of the doubt' – that person is only doing what he/she been led to do.
If your actual tips combined with your wage doesn't add up to the present minimum wage, then the company has to pay you the difference. They don't want to do this, and thus, persuade their managers to have employees claim more.The manager is only looking at something on the computer and trying to make the numbers match up – as trained.

Please read the response above that I gave to the first commenter.

Best Regards

]]> By: Tina Ferreira http://teachtheboss.com/2007/business/forcing-tipped-employees-to-claim-more-is-illegal/comment-page-1/#comment-98 Tina Ferreira Mon, 01 Sep 2008 04:44:58 +0000 http://teachtheboss.com/2007/risk-management/forcing-tipped-employees-to-claim-more-is-illegal/#comment-98 My boss keeps telling me that 13% is not enough to claim on my daily check outs. I am a waitress in California and i would like to know if he has legal controll over how much i claim on my cash tips every day. By law, how much am i supposed to claim? I had heard that it was 10%.What i can tell you is that i have been claiming more than what i am walking with everyday! My boss keeps telling me that 13% is not enough to claim on my daily check outs. I am a waitress in California and i would like to know if he has legal controll over how much i claim on my cash tips every day. By law, how much am i supposed to claim? I had heard that it was 10%.What i can tell you is that i have been claiming more than what i am walking with everyday!

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