I work at a fitness center and we have a tip jar, we are not allowed to keep it. Is this legal in Florida?

Posted on February 26th, 2010 by admin in fitness center | 2 Comments »

I feel that it is wrong that my employer keeps it to buy us things. She shouldn’t have the right to spend the money I earn taking care of kids in a fittness center.

Your company may have a policy that restricts employees from accepting tips from patrons. Your boss may be trying to skirt this policy by allowing tips to be put into a collective fund to be used for the benefit of your daycare staff (drinks, lunch, party, etc.). If this is indeed the case (check out your company rules) then, In my view as long as she’s actually spending the $ on you and your co-workers then she’s trying to be nice. If you however find that you can accept tips by company policy and she’s taking them or she’s flouting policy but not using said monies completely for your staff then report her to your human services department.

2 Responses

  1. Michael M Says:

    call your local council man or the mayor and ask the question. most places have this as a courtesy to cutomers.
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  2. Nicky Says:

    Your company may have a policy that restricts employees from accepting tips from patrons. Your boss may be trying to skirt this policy by allowing tips to be put into a collective fund to be used for the benefit of your daycare staff (drinks, lunch, party, etc.). If this is indeed the case (check out your company rules) then, In my view as long as she’s actually spending the $ on you and your co-workers then she’s trying to be nice. If you however find that you can accept tips by company policy and she’s taking them or she’s flouting policy but not using said monies completely for your staff then report her to your human services department.
    References :

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