Comments on: Bill Aims to Clarify Rules on Tip Pooling http://www.ddifo.org/bill-aims-to-clarify-rules-on-tip-pooling/ Dunkin Donuts Independent Franchise Owners Mon, 06 Sep 2010 20:00:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Top Stories of 2009 at DDIFO.org : Dunkin Donuts Independent Franchise Owners http://www.ddifo.org/bill-aims-to-clarify-rules-on-tip-pooling/comment-page-1/#comment-2585 Top Stories of 2009 at DDIFO.org : Dunkin Donuts Independent Franchise Owners Thu, 07 Jan 2010 19:08:20 +0000 http://www.ddifo.org/?p=2952#comment-2585 [...] 8. Starbucks wins California Tip-pooling Case Appeal An appeals court in California sided with Starbucks Corp. and on Tuesday reversed a lower-court ruling that the Seattle coffee giant’s tip-sharing policies violated California labor law. The court agreed with Starbucks that shift supervisors may share in customers’ tips. A class-action lawsuit brought by Jou Chau, a former barista for Starbucks (NASDAQ: SBUX), alleged that the coffee chain’s policy allowing shift supervisors to share in tip money that customers place in jars violated California labor laws. A San Diego lower court sided with Chau in the suit and awarded more than $86 million in damages but on Tuesday, that ruling was overturned. See Also: Rewarding Exceptional Service is Upheld in California and Bill Aims to Clarify Rules on Tip Pooling [...] [...] 8. Starbucks wins California Tip-pooling Case Appeal An appeals court in California sided with Starbucks Corp. and on Tuesday reversed a lower-court ruling that the Seattle coffee giant’s tip-sharing policies violated California labor law. The court agreed with Starbucks that shift supervisors may share in customers’ tips. A class-action lawsuit brought by Jou Chau, a former barista for Starbucks (NASDAQ: SBUX), alleged that the coffee chain’s policy allowing shift supervisors to share in tip money that customers place in jars violated California labor laws. A San Diego lower court sided with Chau in the suit and awarded more than $86 million in damages but on Tuesday, that ruling was overturned. See Also: Rewarding Exceptional Service is Upheld in California and Bill Aims to Clarify Rules on Tip Pooling [...]

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