Is it legal to work at a resturant and have to give the cooks 30% of your tips of whatever you make?

I work at a japanese resturant and I make pretty good tips and after every shift we have to give 30% to the tips? Just trying to find out if this is legal or not?! Help me! Please



It may be legal but it is morally wrong. The customer gave the tip to the waiter/waitress not the busboy etc. Tips are for the waitress/waiter. Why do you think you do not need to tip at a buffet?




Only if the servers as a group have agreed to that policy as part of employment with the restaurant. Sometimes, I see as only fair if the kitchen staff is working their **** off. After tipping off the bar, busser... you should have 50-65% which is pretty normal. Just make sure you log all your tip outs so the IRS don%26#039;t get you (they have free log books too!)




anything is legal if you agree to it prior to starting work there. it%26#039;s up to the employer to set the rules and if you don%26#039;t like it you don%26#039;t have to work there!!




Pooling tips is common practice in most restaurants. Everyone except the owners can be part of the tipping pool.




30% sounds like a lot to me... how do they even know how much you made when some tips are in cash? Most restaurants do tip out based on sales... at my job we tip out 3% of sales.




Never heard of tipping the cooks. But, really, restaurants get away with a LOT.




I%26#039;ve had to annie up with bartenders as well, but never with cooks. Just depends on who you work for.




some places.. yes.


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