I work at a dispensary in Missouri. We pool our tips for each day and they get distributed each week based on how many hours we worked on each given day. I have two concerns that I’m really questioning the legality of.
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We may not be getting the coins in our jars added to our tips. We are a cash only business, and our manager said that the coin tips would be used to fix any discrepancies in our drawers at the end of the night. If that money is tip money, let alone pooled tip money, are they allowed to use it in this way? How is that not tip theft?
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Team leads also get tipped out; and since they often have the longest shift of the day, they get the most money from the pool. 90% of the time our managers and team leads are not on the sales floor and almost never interact with a customer or make a sale. How are they legally entitled to the tip pool?
If anyone has any information on Missouri labor laws or can confirm my fears that this is illegal please let me know.