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Is it legal for an employer to take money from tips to cover missing money from the reigister?

To elaborate, I work in a small restaurant where we accept tips and on more than one occasion, the manager counting the register has taken money from our tips to cover missing funds from the register. On one occasion it was 40$, on another it was over 100. They use the claim that we round off too much change when customers pay with cash. However, when rounding off it’s never more than a dollar at THE VERY MOST and if you compare that with how often customers actually pay with cash, that number seems extremely fraudulent. That glaring issue aside, is it even legal for them to take money from tips for something that they can’t even prove was the fault of the employees? I plan on quitting soon so I was gonna confront them with this. Thanks!


To elaborate, I work in a small restaurant where we accept tips and on more than one occasion, the manager counting the register has taken money from our tips to cover missing funds from the register. On one occasion it was 40$, on another it was over 100. They use the claim that we round off too much change when customers pay with cash. However, when rounding off it’s never more than a dollar at THE VERY MOST and if you compare that with how often customers actually pay with cash, that number seems extremely fraudulent. That glaring issue aside, is it even legal for them to take money from tips for something that they can’t even prove was the fault of the employees? I plan on quitting soon so I was gonna confront them with this. Thanks!

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