Vivinavi : Hawaii : (United States) Hawaii

• vitacocopineapple
• 2021/11/03 (Wed) 15:06
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Where I work, supervisors and above are not supposed to get them, but I'm not sure what that actually means.

• halo
• 2021/11/03 (Wed) 17:27
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Basically, tips are only given to employees. The management usually does not receive tips.
The management usually receives a higher salary for their services.
The method of sharing depends on the restaurant. In some places, the recipient gets all of the money as it is,
while in others, the whole amount is put together and divided according to the number of people, or
when putting it together, the percentages are decided between the hall and the kitchen. For example, 80 for the hall and 20 for the kitchen.
The kitchen is equally busy, but it is hard to do without any tips.
Well, this depends on the salary structure of the restaurant.
Some restaurants divide the salary by the number of people per month or week, and
sometimes the owner cuts out the middleman.

Where I worked, it was very clear.
For example, we worked at the same time in the morning, and once someone left
we put everything together and divided it evenly among the people who were there at that time.
So there was no unfair ・ inequality at all.

• tax man
• 2021/11/03 (Wed) 19:46
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This is an explanation of the revisions to federal labor law regarding tips.

The most important point
prohibits employers from retaining tips received by employees, regardless of whether the employer gets tip credit. This means that.

First of all, tip credit means that if an employer pools tips received from customers and distributes them to
employees, the amount is added to the minimum wage, thereby
allowing the employer to reduce the amount of minimum wage paid to its employees and
this in itself is not legally illegal.

To put it simply, if

the minimum wage is $ 10.00 per hour, and the tip is ＄ 1 ． 00,
the employer is actually paying the minimum wage of $ 9.00.
This means that the employer actually paid 9.00, which is the minimum wage. This is called a tip credit and is legal in Hawaii.
However, the employer cannot take or control the tips
collected.

• 空
• 2021/11/03 (Wed) 20:56
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The owner of a Honolulu restaurant has been cited for illegally keeping a portion of its workers’ tips and denying overtime pay to salaried cooks who worked an average of 55 hours a week.

The U.S. Department of Labor cited R-International Inc., owner of Rinka Restaurant, for violations of the Fair Labor Standards Act and recovered $85,000 in back wages and an equal amount in liquidated damages for 13 employees. The division also imposed $10,000 in civil money penalties for the reckless nature of its violations.

By failing to pay employees all of the tips they earned and refusing to pay overtime rates to cooks as required, the owner of Rinka Restaurant violated the law and demonstrated a reckless disregard for their workers’ rights,” Wage and Hour Division District Director Terence Trotter said in a release. “This case should serve as a warning that violating federal law can have costly consequences. We encourage all employers to contact us or use department’s online resources before implementing potentially non-compliant practices.”

Since 2016, the Honolulu district office of the Wage and Hour Division has conducted 228 investigations, finding violations in 219 cases and recovering more than $1.4 million in back wages for almost 1,700 employees.

For more information about the labor law, contact its toll-free helpline at 866-4US-WAGE (487-9243).

• mcsk
• 2021/11/04 (Thu) 18:18
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I have one question too.
Many customers who pay their bill by credit card also pay the tip on top of their card, but I get it by check as well. The tip is also included in the 1099, so I pay the GEtax. I know that tips are also taxed, but do you also do it that way ？?

• さばちゃん
• 2021/11/05 (Fri) 19:25
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mcsk, in my case, the tip on the card is accounted for, but the store does not account for the cash.

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• mail
• 2021/12/13 (Mon) 11:21
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News Release
U.S. Department of Labor ｜ November 1, 2021

U.S. Department of Labor Finds Oahu Restaurant Owner Allowed Managers to Give Tip Share and Refused to Pay Kitchen Workers Overtime
Investigation Results in Recovery of $170,000 in Unpaid Wages and Penalties for 13 Workers

Honolulu - Honolulu restaurant owner allowed manager to illegally control a portion of workers' tips, averaging 55 per week A recent federal investigation uncovered facts that made it difficult for employees to earn a living by refusing to pay overtime wages to cooks who worked an average of 55 hours per week.

An investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor's Wage ・ and Hour Division found that Rinka restaurant owner ・ R-International Inc. violated the Fair Labor Standards Act, resulting in $85,000 in unpaid wages for 13 employees and R-International Inc. was cited for violating the Fair Labor Standards Act and $85,000 in unpaid wages to 13 employees and a penalty of the same amount was collected. The department also lent the employer $10,000 in civil penalties for its egregious violations.

"The owner of Rinka Restaurant violated the law by refusing to pay the full amount of tips earned by its employees and by refusing to pay the required overtime to its cooks, demonstrating an abusive disregard for workers' rights," Honolulu Wage ・ Labor Hours Division Director Terrence ・ Trotter said. This incident is a warning that violating federal law can be very serious. We encourage all employers to contact us or use the U.S. Department of Labor's online resources before implementing potentially non-compliant practices."

Since 2016, the Wage ・ and Hour Division has reported that the Western Region conducted more than 2,650 investigations in the restaurant industry and recovered $24 million in unpaid wages for more than 15,300 employees. The department's Honolulu District Office
has conducted 228 of these investigations, found violations in 219 cases, and recovered more than $1.4 million in unpaid wages for nearly 1,700 employees.

For more information on the FLSA and other laws enforced by our division, please contact our toll-free helpline at 866- 4US-WAGE （ 487-9243 ）. Wages ・ For more information on the Division of Hours of Work, including a search tool to use when the Division may reimburse wages collected, please click here. Workers, whether immigrants or not, may call the Wage ・Work Hours Department with confidential questions. The department is available in over 200 languages.


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U.S. Department of Labor News Materials The Reasonable Accommodations Resource Center converts U.S. Department of Labor information and documents into alternative formats such as Braille and large print. For alternative formats, please contact the U.S. Department of Labor at （ 202 ） 693-7828 （ Voice ） or （ 800 ） 877-8339 （ Federal Relay ）.


Media Contacts ：

Michael Petersen, 415-625-2631, petersen.michael.w@dol.gov Jose Carnevali, 415-625- 2631, carnevali.jose@dol.gov
Honolulu (808)541-1391 Please speak Japanese.


Release No. ： 21-1932-SAN

• ロバート。スタインバーグ
• 2021/12/14 (Tue) 11:07
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If you have any questions regarding minimum hourly wage, overtime, tips, underage labor, etc., please contact your local U.S. Department of Labor ・ Labor Hours Division, Hawaii District Office in Japanese. Please do not hesitate to call (808) 541-1391.

• Sachi
• mail
• 2021/12/28 (Tue) 18:42
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I recently moved here from California.
When I look at restaurant jobs, I often see that the server's paycheck (hourly rate) often includes tips.
Is this legal in Hawaii? ？ Is it not illegal because it is higher than the minimum? Please let me know if you know!