Tip Pooling and Your Point of Sale – By Shannon Straub

The idea of tip pooling is something that the Department of Labor is likely to allow. The fact that the Department of Labor could allow tip pooling is viewed as a way to ease pains of wages on employers. You need to make sure that yo under labor laws no matter what industry you happen to be in, and you have to understand how this new rip pooling measure could make it easier for companies to be able to do their payroll.

Key Takeaways:

• Recently, the US Department of Labor suggested the creation of new rules around tip pooling, where restaurants would be allowed to distribute a percentage of tips to all of their employees.
• If this new tip pooling system becomes a reality, the proper distribution of tips could become a huge headache for restaurant owners.
• Restaurants will need solid point of sale labor management systems, such as Oracle’s Symphony Cloud, in order to help them seamlessly manage the accurate distribution of tips to employees.

“Tip pooling can improve work relations and improve staff morale. After all, earning tips becomes a team effort and gets everyone in the spirit of upselling.”

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