A service charge is mandatory, and a tip is at the discretion of the customer. Under California law service charges are not considered tips. Service charges are the amount a customer is required to pay in addition to the beverages and foods purchased at a restaurant. Service charges belong to the restaurant and not to the employees.
Tips became taxable in 1965 when legislation extending Social Security coverage to tips (for both taxation and the calculation of retirement benefits), required a tipped employee to report monthly all such tips received in one or more written statements furnished to his employer.
An employer is required to pay an employee who works overtime regardless of whether the employer knows about it or not.
Employees who believe they have been fired as a result of unlawful discrimination, retaliation, or harassment will often request their personnel file. Those files may contain information that helps you prove discrimination, harassment, or other civil rights violations.
Legally, you may have the right to refuse work if your employer hasn’t paid you because it is constructive termination and wage theft by the employer. If your employer hasn’t paid you, should should review your contract before not working.
If you don’t get paid on payday, contact an employment attorney immediately and ask for help getting the wages owed to you. Alternatively, if the regular payday for the last pay period an employee worked has passed and the employee has not been paid, contact the Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division or the state labor department.
If the regular payday for the last pay period an employee worked has passed and the employee has not been paid, contact the a wage and hour employment attorney.
Your employer must pay you on pay day if you did not resign or fired from your job. If you’re fired from your job, you must be paid the same day. If you quit your job, you must be paid within 3 days.
If My Employer Refuses to Pay for Mandatory Training, What Should I Do?
No, your employer cannot make you do training on your own time if it is unpaid. However, if the training is paid, yes, the employer can make you do the training on your own time.