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Your Employer’s Illegal Charges: Unveiling Deductions for Servers and Bartenders As part 3 of our informative series, Empowering Servers, today we unravel an issue that’s all too common in [...]

Did Your Employer Provide You Proper Tip Credit Notice? In this second installment of our Empowering Servers Series, we delve deeper into the importance of proper tip credit notice. Understanding [...]

Empowering Servers and Bartenders with Knowledge of the Tip Credit Welcome to the first installment of our four-part series focused on empowering servers and bartenders by exploring and unmasking [...]

Are you a server who has been denied your tips? The Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) requires employers to pay tipped employees at least the federal minimum wage, which is currently $7.25 per [...]

Overview of a Landmark Tip Credit Violation Case At Herrmann Law, we represent employees in wage and hour cases, with a focus on servers in the restaurant industry who frequently face tip theft [...]

What is Illegal Tip Pooling? In any industry where tips are customary, like in the restaurant and service industries, employers are allowed to engage in what is called “tip pooling.” [...]

Servers are Lawfully Entitled to Credit Card Tips. It is extremely common for customers to pay tips via their credit cards as part of the general payment process. This can create an opportunity [...]

The Tip Credit  When an employer relies on a worker’s tips to meet its obligations to pay the minimum wage, this is called taking a “tip credit.” The maximum credit an employer can take [...]

Generally, federal and state labor laws mandate that any tip or gratuity received by an employee is money that belongs exclusively to the employee who earned the tip. There are some [...]

Who gets my Tip? Tips on Restaurant Tipping Have you ever wondered if your waiter or waitress actually gets to keep the tip you gave? Rightfully so, many patrons assume that your waiter or [...]