I just started a new job as a barista at a cafe.
The other employees mentioned the owner “caps our tips at $10/hour”. So we get minimum wage plus a max of $10/ hour in tips. The tips are all on the paycheck and are split evenly by whoever worked that day.
I thought this was strange and started counting the tips we made in an hour, and between 2 people working in one hour at a normal pace we got $35 in cash and credit card tips. Which would mean we should have each gotten about $17.50 in tips for that hour?
They also write the paychecks by hand and the other employees told me to take a photo of my hours and double check that each paycheck is the correct amount. They also said I need to get Chase bank because the owner will take $10 off of our paycheck if we don’t have Chase so that she doesn’t have to pay $10 to deposit it?!
Is it legal for her to cap our tips in California?