I work at a small restaurant. We split the tips like this: 30% for the kitchen, and 70% for the servers (we pool our tips). There are always 2 servers, and the 70% is always split evenly between the two servers. On one of the nights I work, the owner works as the other server. So she takes a portion of the tips. Is this legal? I was reading that this practice isn’t allowed but I’m not sure since she is working as a “server” on one of the nights. I’m in the US, btw.
Side note: what’s funny is she increased all the prices of the food and didn’t raise the wage for anyone. I make minimum wage and the kitchen staff only makes $4 over minimum wage lol.