Anonymous
Sounds illegal
Today, I got a lot of tips at work, but little did I know our boss takes it out of our paychecks. FML
Collection
Fall
Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Same thing different taste
Anonymous
United States
Today, I was at my work. To urge people to be generous, I paid my friends to put 15 bucks in the tip jar while saying how great I was. He did this about ten times throughout the day. Turns out, us employees don't get to keep the tips. FML
Patrick
Couva, Trinidad and Tobago
What?
Today, my coworker got a raise by making our boss give me a pay cut for doing his job while he was slacking off. As we were heading home for the day, he found $100. FML
danny
Today, while working at a chain restaurant, I forgot to charge someone a few dollars for extra toppings on the side. My stingy boss took the time to take that money out of my paycheck. FML
Anonymous
United States
Today, while at work, a customer gave me a $20 tip. I explained to him we aren't allowed to accept tips, but he insisted. When I called the manager to report it, he pocketed my tip. FML
Topher
United States
Today, I got tipped more than I have in my bank account. It was $5. FML
Anonymous
United States
Unionize!
Today, my boss told me he was going to start taking money out of my pay, because his wife makes us lunch. I work for my dad, and he wants to start charging me because my mom makes me a sandwich. FML
JBK06262009
United States
Today, I was informed by my boss that he has been stealing quarters out of my change bowl to pay for his bus rides. He makes six times the amount I make. FML
Anonymous
Cody, United States
Seize the means
Today, I found out I'm getting a pay cut, a week after I told my boss I need a raise or second job just to afford bills. I made the company 10k last week. FML
Anonymous
Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
Money for whining
Today, I realized I get paid to hear my boss complain and talk crap. FML
Anonymous
Bad at maths
Today, my boss finally worked out that by not giving the lads a pay rise to £18 an hour, instead just offering them overtime when necessary, it actually cost the equivalent of raising each employees salary to £26 an hour, for a whole year. He’s is blaming me because I issue the pay checks. FML
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TrashlifeKaylala 12
Would def report
Decipherme 11
I’m certain that’s illegal... check with your labor board.
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TrashlifeKaylala 12
Would def report
Decipherme 11
I’m certain that’s illegal... check with your labor board.
Felice Godin 19
call the better business bureau i think that might be against the law
slym12312425 9
That'd be a big illegal move on your boss's part. Take that paystub to your local BBB and CoC at least, because if he's doing that to you, he's probably screwing customers too. Before that though, let corporate know if possible, because this opens them up to civil liability at least, criminal liability if they don't handle it right.
Major_Haywire 7
If you’re in the UK your boss can’t touch any cash tips you receive or deduct the amount from your pay. If the customer adds the tip to the bill and pays by card then your boss is not legally obligated to pass that money to you as it’s deemed to be a tip to the business and not the employee. I’m not sure what the law is in the US and it probably differs between states. A good boss would pass the card tips on or retain approx 10%
Kylee Day 8
just to let you know the way hes doing it, hes not doing it illegally, unfortunately if you live in the states bosses can do this and it sucks being a waitress. it sounds highly illegal and quite frankly it should be but its not. my grandma said to go into the bathroom and put half of my tips in my back pocket or my purse and just report the tips that you "made" that night
RichardPencil 32
Is he a boss or a pimp?
ducktail 6
So. Tips have to be taxed, the only way for your employer to comply with the IRS is by tracking your cash tips. Each state a service industry worker (I.e. a waitress) the tips come out of your hourly first and then anything above your hourly you get to keep post tax. It’s so the employer can pay their company and employee taxes correctly without requiring you to give them back tips each night to pay for your different IRS deductions. It should all be clearly listed on your states labor laws area of their government website.
bl3ur0z3 17
Unfortunately, if you're in the good ol' US of A, that's probably legal, depending on the wording of your hiring agreement. Your employer has to pay you at least $2.13/hr plus your tips. If your tips don't balance your pay out to an average of at least $7.25/hr, your employer has to make up the difference. After that, your tips are yours to keep. So basically, your employer can keep up to $5.13 of your tips per hour you work to cover the difference between the minimum he's required to pay you himself and the minimum he's required to ensure you receive.
1gullible_bugger 34
Glad I live in Canada, then. 🤔 That's nuts.
Miss_Red 18
thats ******* horrifying to hear (im from Australia). No wonder so many people can't support themselves :(
Mungolikecandy 19
And there I was thinking slavery had been banned in the U.S.
Cz22mv 14
It’s called Tip Credit. The employer pays you 2.13 an hour but your tips must bring your wage up to 7.25. They don’t keep your tips but they are used to ensure your minimum pay is minimum wage. If he’s docking your pay that is illegal.
1gullible_bugger 34
So basically, the customers are paying most of the person's wages, leaving the employer to pay very little? How dumb is that? If a server doesn't make any tips , then does the employer actually have to pay the proper wage? That would make me think twice about leaving any tip of i knew the server wasn't getting all of her /his tips.
MrCT 22
Alive and well it's just called the lower class or the poor
shannon2348 14
uh no. that's not how it works. that's not legal.