

> Our employer is sick of employee mistakes in ringing in stuff. They
> say they are going to make us pay for any mistakes out of our tips.
> I know it's against the law to garnish a paycheck for mistakes, but
> what about tips? Anyone know about this, or a website with info on
> it?
Where are you?
Pretty much the way I've seen it work is, if your drawer is short at the end
of the night, it comes out of tips. If your drawer is heavy at the end of the
night, it's just as bad as being short, as it represents either you making
improper change for people, or, conversely, you not ringing stuff in and
attempting to pocket the cash.
So, if my drawer at the end of the night is 75 cents short, I throw 3 quarters
into the till. On a couple thousand in sales most nights (albeit much of it
on CCs), I'm rarely off by more than a dollar or two - which, honestly, if I'm
short a dollar on $1,000 in cash sales, I'm fine with correcting it.
How many mistakes are we talking about here? How much are your drawers off?
Are you using a POS terminal or a traditional banger? Some places will put a
fixed percentage in to allow for mistakes - say, 2% of gross sales, .5% of
gross sales, whatever. Some places make you correct it out of tips.
Here's the DOL website on wage garnishment. According to it, tips are
generally not protected from garnishment, probably because they are income not
regulated or overseen in any way by the employer. Either way, this is the
link you need to look at.
http://www.dol.gov/asp/programs/guide/garnish.htm
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