CNBC reports that Starbucks Corp on Monday won dismissal of a lawsuit by former assistant store managers in New York who accused the world's largest coffee chain of cheating them out of customer tips. U.S. District … [Read more...]
Dunkin’ Shop Owners Look to Adjust Tip Law
June 11, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Katie Johnston Chase reported in the Boston Globe that a Legislature hearing is set for last Wednesday on revising the tips law aimed at quick-service Dunkin’ Donuts franchise owners are pushing for a change in state … [Read more...]
Starbucks Sued Over Tip Jars That ‘Invited Criminal Behavior’
March 13, 2011 By Leave a Comment
The Huffington Post reports that Starbucks has been slapped with a lawsuit three years after a Missouri altercation over an open Starbucks tip jar led to the death of 54-year-old Roger Kreutz. On March 3, 2008, Kreutz … [Read more...]
Dunkin’ Turns to Everyday Joes
January 4, 2011 By Leave a Comment
DC Dennison writes in The Boston Globe about Dunkin' Donuts New Marketing Campaign and he mentions DDIFO's efforts to amend the law regarding "tip pooling". He writes about the new marketing campaign: Dunkin’ … [Read more...]
Federal Court Rules Oregon Restaurant Tipping Pools OK
February 26, 2010 By Leave a Comment
The Oregonian report that a federal appeals court has ruled that restaurants can create a "tip pool" that requires servers to share a percentage of tips with kitchen staff so long as the restaurant pays more than the … [Read more...]
Judges: Massachusetts’ ‘Tip Law’ not Retroactive: Defense bar hail
February 22, 2010 By Leave a Comment
David E. Frank writes at Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly via Dolan Media Newswire rulings by two influential trial judges have found that the treble damages provision of the tip statute does not apply retroactively, an … [Read more...]
DDIFO Fights to Change Massachusetts Tip Pooling Law
January 29, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Boston -- Massachusetts Dunkin’ Donuts franchise owners went to bat for their employees this week, asking the state legislature to modify a state law that has limited or stopped many shops from accepting tips from … [Read more...]
Starbucks’ Tip Policy Held to Violate Minnesota Law
October 20, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Smartbrief reports that on September 30, 2009, Judge Patrick Schiltz of the Federal Court for the District of Minnesota declared that Starbucks Coffee Company's tip distribution policy violates Minnesota law. Faced with … [Read more...]
